Microneurography in rats: A minimally invasive method to record single C-fiber action potentials from peripheral nerves in vivo

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 470, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-174

  Serra, Jordi ^a   Bostock, Hugh ^b   Navarro, Xavier ^c  

^a Neuroscience Technologies   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

C fiber; Microneurography; Rat

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; CELL DISRUPTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LATENT PERIOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROELECTRODE; MICRONEUROGRAPHY; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE INJURY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; THIGH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NOCICEPTORS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 75149188577     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.09.061     Document Type: Review

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