Comparison of nociceptive withdrawal reflexes and recruitment curves between the forelimbs and hind limbs in conscious horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 700-707

  Spadavecchia, Claudia ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Andersen, Ole K ^b   Spadavecchia, Luciano ^c   Doherr, Marcus ^a   Schatzmann, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSE; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIME; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSES; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0038176247     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.700     Document Type: Article

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