A reliable method for the preferential activation of C- or A-fibre heat nociceptors

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 133-139

  McMullan, Simon ^a   Simpson, Daniel A A ^a   Lumb, Bridget M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C fibre; Capsaicin; EMG; Heat; Method; Nociception; Rat; Reflex

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; COPPER;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; LEG; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SKIN; SKIN SURFACE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEAT; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 7744237079     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.03.020     Document Type: Article

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