Effects of electrical stimulation of the dorsal cutaneous branches of spinal nerves on the discharge activity of remote mechanoreceptive units in rats

Acta Physiologica Sinica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-128

  Jia, Jun ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Shi, Wen Chun ^a   Wang, Hui Sheng ^a   Guo, Yuan ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Afferent discharge; Electrical stimulation; Isolating nerve filaments; Mechanoreceptive units; Sensory nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0040027263     PISSN: 03710874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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