Gentle mechanical skin stimulation inhibits the somatocardiac sympathetic: C-reflex elicited by excitation of unmyelinated C-afferent fibers

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 806-813

  Hotta, Harumi ^a   Schmidt, Robert F ^b   Uchida, Sae ^a   Watanabe, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myelinated afferent nerve; Naloxone; Somato sympathetic reflex; Touch; Unmyelinated afferent nerve

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SKIN STIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; TIBIAL NERVE; TOUCH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SKIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TOUCH;

EID: 77956031489     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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