Paradoxical firing of thalamic neurons under neuropathic pain state in rats

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 407-410

  Vaculin, Simon ^a   Franek, Miloslav ^a   Andrey, Ladislav ^b   Rokyta, Richard ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chaodynamic methods; Deafferentation; Intralaminar nuclei; Neuropathic pain; Rat; Single unit activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; ENTROPY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 13644250277     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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