Endogenous descending facilitation and inhibition differ in control of formalin intramuscularly induced persistent muscle nociception

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 248, Issue , 2013, Pages 100-111

  Lei, Jing ^a   You, Hao Jun ^a,b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Descending controls; Formalin test; Muscle pain; Paw withdrawal reflex; Thalamic 'nociceptive discriminator'

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MYALGIA; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

DESCENDING CONTROLS; FORMALIN TEST; MUSCLE PAIN; PAW WITHDRAWAL REFLEX; THALAMIC 'NOCICEPTIVE DISCRIMINATOR';

ANIMALS; FORMALDEHYDE; HYPERALGESIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOCICEPTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 84879531531     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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