The conundrum of sensitization when recording from nociceptors

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-218

  Bove, Geoffrey M ^a   Dilley, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Methodology; Neuritis; Nociception; Ongoing activity; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MASKING; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEURITIS; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURITIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 77951205908     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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