Electrophysiological characterization of vagal afferents relevant to mucosal nociception in the rat upper oesophagus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 229-242

  Lennerz, J K M ^a   Dentsch, C ^a   Bernardini, N ^a   Hummel, T ^b   Neuhuber, W L ^a   Reeh, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; VAGUS NERVE;

PROTON;

EID: 34347253593     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.130823     Document Type: Article

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