Activation of lumbar spinal wide-dynamic range neurons by a sanshool derivative

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1742-1748

  Sawyer, Carolyn M ^a   Carstens, Mirela Iodi ^a   Simons, Christopher T ^b   Slack, Jay ^b   McCluskey, T Scott ^b   Furrer, Stefan ^b   Carstens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Givaudan Roure Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; AMIDE; CAPSAICIN; ISOBUTYLALKENYL AMIDE; SANSHOOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HISTOGRAM; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACHYPHYLAXIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMIDES; ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; COLD TEMPERATURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HOT TEMPERATURE; ISOTHIOCYANATES; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SENSORY SYSTEM AGENTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 65949112242     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91311.2008     Document Type: Article

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