Sex differences in the responses of spinal wide-dynamic range neurons to subcutaneous formalin and in the effects of different frequencies of conditioning electrical stimulation

Neuroscience

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1299-1307

  You, H J ^a,b   Cao, D Y ^b   Yuan, B ^b   Arendt Nielsen, L ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Formalin test; Inflammation; Nociception; Sex; Wide dynamic range neuron

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33644839431     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.11.060     Document Type: Article

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