Switching-on and -off of bistable spontaneous discharges in rat spinal deep dorsal horn neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 398, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 258-263

  Monteiro, Clara ^a,b   Lima, Deolinda ^a,b   Galhardo, Vasco ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Formalin; Multielectrode extracellular recordings; Oscillations; Pain; Strychnine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRYCHNINE; TOUCH;

EID: 33646381137     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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