Responses of dorsal spinal cord blood flow to noxious mechanical stimulation of the skin in anesthetized rats

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-270

  Toda, Hiroko ^a   Maruyama, Hitoshi ^a   Budgell, Brian ^b   Kurosawa, Mieko ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Noxious mechanical stimulation; Pinching; Segmental organization; Spinal cord blood flow

Indexed keywords

PHENOXYBENZAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; DENERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FOREFOOT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CERVICAL PLEXUS; DENERVATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; PAIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 52249110241     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/physiolsci.RP005008     Document Type: Article

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