A quantification of the relationship between neuronal responses in the rat rostral ventromedial medulla and noxious stimulation-evoked withdrawal reflexes

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1726-1737

  Devonshire, I M ^a   Kwok, C H T ^a,b   Suvik, A ^a   Haywood, A R ^a   Cooper, A H ^a   Hathway, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Electrophysiology; Nociception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROSTRAL VENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SENSORY STIMULATION; THERMAL STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX; ANIMAL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HINDLIMB; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; NOCICEPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX;

EID: 84934824842     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12942     Document Type: Article

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