Vagus nerve stimulation attenuates heat- and formalin-induced pain in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-82

  Bohotin, C ^a   Scholsem, M ^a   Bohotin, V ^a   Franzen, R ^a   Schoenen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Formalin test; Hot water nociceptive test; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HEAT; LEG; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMAL STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0142196088     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00908-X     Document Type: Article

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