Determination of current threshold for paw withdrawal with sine-wave electrical stimulation in rats: Effect of drugs and alteration in acute inflammation

Pain

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-301

  Nagakura, Yukinori ^a   Malkmus, Shelle ^a   Yaksh, Tony L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Current threshold; Electrical stimulation; Inflammation; Paw withdrawal; Sine wave

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CARRAGEENAN; INDOMETACIN; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 37849024393     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.04.030     Document Type: Article

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