Modulation of neuronal activity in dorsal column nuclei by upper cervical spinal cord stimulation in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 770-776

  Qin, C ^a   Yang, X ^b   Wu, M ^c   Farber, J P ^a   Linderoth, B ^d   Foreman, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

electrical stimulation; neuromodulation; primary afferent fibers; sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION AND STIMULATION; GRACILE NUCLEUS; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 70349748836     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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