An arterially-perfused trunk-hindquarters preparation of adult mouse in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-182

  Chizh, Boris A ^a,b   Max Headley, P ^a   Paton, Julian F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GRÜNENTHAL GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

In vitro; Intracellular; Mouse; Nociception; Reflex; Spinal cord; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; PERFUSION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THORAX;

EID: 0343554707     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00096-4     Document Type: Article

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