Investigation of the facilitation of the nociceptive withdrawal reflex evoked by repeated transcutaneous electrical stimulations as a measure of temporal summation in conscious horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 901-908

  Spadavecchia, Claudia ^a   Andersen, Ole K ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Spadavecchia, Luciano ^c   Doherr, Marcus ^a   Schatzmann, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HINDLIMB; HORSE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STANDING; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TIBIA; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSES; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 3442891225     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.901     Document Type: Article

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