The integrity of the anterior pretectal nucleus and dorsolateral funiculus is necessary for electroacupuncture-induced analgesia in the rat tail-flick test

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Silva, Marcelo L ^a   Silva, Josie R T ^a   Prado, Wiliam A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anterior pretectal nucleus; Dorsolateral funiculus; Electroacupuncture; Tail flick test

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR PRETECTAL NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL FUNICULUS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROANALGESIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77049096750     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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