Spinal cord stimulation inhibits long-term potentiation of spinal wide dynamic range neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 973, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-43

  Wallin, Johan ^a   Fiskå, Atle ^b   Tjølsen, Arne ^b   Linderoth, Bengt ^a   Hole, Kjell ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Long term potentiation; Pain; Rat; Spinal cord stimulation; Spinal dorsal horn; Wide dynamic range neuron

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; FEMALE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSITIZATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 0038638019     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02530-7     Document Type: Article

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