Role of L-DOPA in spinal nociceptive reflex activity: Higher sensitivity of Aδ versus C fibre-evoked nociceptive reflexes to L-DOPA

Physiological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 701-703

  Schomburg, E D ^a   Dibaj, P ^b   Steffens, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

A fibres; L DOPA; Nociceptive reflexes; Pain; Spinal cord; TTX

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053648653     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.932104     Document Type: Article

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