Modulation of trigeminal spinal subnucleus caudalis neuronal activity following regeneration of transected inferior alveolar nerve in rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2251-2263

  Saito, Kimiko ^a   Hitomi, Suzuro ^a   Suzuki, Ikuko ^a   Masuda, Yuji ^c   Kitagawa, Junichi ^b   Tsuboi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kondo, Masahiro ^a   Sessle, Barry J ^d   Iwata, Koichi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; 2 HYDROXY 4,4' DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; 2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; STILBAMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DENERVATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEAT; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENERVATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HEAT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STILBAMIDINES; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL;

EID: 47549118674     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00794.2007     Document Type: Article

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