Exposure to intermittent nociceptive stimulation under pentobarbital anesthesia disrupts spinal cord function in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-252

  Washburn, Stephanie N ^a   Patton, Brianne C ^a   Ferguson, Adam R ^a   Hudson, Kara L ^a   Grau, James W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Barbiturate; Conditioning; Operant; Pain; Plasticity; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

PENTOBARBITAL;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROSHOCK; HINDLIMB; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PENTOBARBITAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 34247584175     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-0707-1     Document Type: Article

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