Rostral ventromedial medulla control of spinal sensory processing in normal and pathophysiological states

Neuroscience

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 786-793

  Bee, L A ^a   Dickenson, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

descending facilitation; lignocaine; neuropathic pain; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 34250893737     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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