Male Wistar rats show uniform wind-up responses in carrageenan-induced inflammation but not in the normal situation

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-214

  Solano, R ^a   Mazario, J ^a   Orellana, J M ^a   Herrero, Juan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

C fibre responses; Carrageenan; Electrical stimulation; Inflammation; Nociception; Pain; Withdrawal reflex

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; CHLORALOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; RAT; SPINAL REFLEX; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CARRAGEENAN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0038162381     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367703766453056     Document Type: Article

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