Major contribution of Aδ-fibres to increased reflex transmission in the feline spinal cord during acute muscle inflammation

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-162

  Schomburg, Eike D ^a   Steffens, Heinz ^a   Dibaj, Payam ^b   Sears, Thomas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carrageenan; Muscle afferents; Muscle inflammation; Sensorimotor control; Spinal reflex transmission

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA NERVE FIBER; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; FLEXOR REFLEX; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; LAMINECTOMY; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MYOSITIS; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL REFLEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CARRAGEENAN; CATS; INFLAMMATION; IRRITANTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84855358200     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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