Noninvasive assessment of the facilitation of the nociceptive withdrawal reflex by repeated electrical stimulations in conscious dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 899-907

  Bergadano, Alessandra ^a   Andersen, Ole K ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Spadavecchia, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LATENT PERIOD; NOCICEPTION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34548247316     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.8.899     Document Type: Article

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