Temporal regularity determines the impact of electrical stimulation on tactile reactivity and response to capsaicin in spinally transected rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 227, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-133

  Baumbauer, K M ^a   Lee, K H ^a   Puga, D A ^a   Woller, S A ^a   Hughes, A J ^a   Grau, J W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Learning; Pain; Plasticity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPOSURE; HEAT SENSATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SHOCK; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TACTILE REACTIVITY; THERMAL REACTIVITY; TOUCH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROSHOCK; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY SYSTEM AGENTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 84867742974     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.09.054     Document Type: Article

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