Relative effectiveness of C primary afferent fibers of different origins in evoking a prolonged facilitation of the flexor reflex in the rat

CJ Woolf, PD Wall - Journal of Neuroscience, 1986 - Soc Neuroscience
Changes in the excitability of the hamstring flexor withdrawal reflex produced by
conditioning stimuli applied to C-afferent fibers of different origins have been examined in …

Muscle but not cutaneous C‐afferent input produces prolonged increases in the excitability of the flexion reflex in the rat.

PD Wall, CJ Woolf - The Journal of physiology, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
Stimulation of cutaneous afferent fibres in the sural nerve and muscle afferent fibres in the
gastrocnemius‐soleus nerve at a strength that excites C axons produces a delayed and long …

Prolonged C-fibre mediated facilitation of the flexion reflex in the rat is not due to changes in afferent terminal or motoneurone excitability

AJ Cook, CJ Woolf, PD Wall - Neuroscience letters, 1986 - Elsevier
A standard suprathreshold mechanical stimulus applied to the hindpaw of decerebrate-
spinal rats produces a discharge in hamstring flexor α-motoneurones which is stable for …

Temporal summation of C-fiber afferent inputs: competition between facilitatory and inhibitory effects on C-fiber reflex in the rat

M Gozariu, D Bragard, JC Willer… - Journal of …, 1997 - journals.physiology.org
Gozariu, Manuela, Dominique Bragard, Jean-Claude Willer, and Daniel Le Bars. Temporal
summation of C-fiber afferent inputs: competition between facilitatory and inhibitory effects …

The brief and the prolonged facilitatory effects of unmyelinated afferent input on the rat spinal cord are independently influenced by peripheral nerve section

PD Wall, CJ Woolf - Neuroscience, 1986 - Elsevier
Single C-fibre strength stimuli applied to the sciatic nerve in the decerebrate spinal rat evoke
three separate bursts of activity in posterior biceps/semitendinosus flexor alpha …

The effects of a distant noxious stimulation on A and C fibre-evoked flexion reflexes and neuronal activity in the dorsal horn of the rat

J Schouenborg, A Dickenson - Brain research, 1985 - Elsevier
In the halothane-anaesthetized rat, the responses of 49 neurons in the lumbo-sacral cord
and the reflex discharge in the common peroneal nerve following electrical stimulation of the …

Chronic peripheral nerve section diminishes the primary afferent A-fibre mediated inhibition of rat dorsal horn neurones

CJ Woolf, PD Wall - Brain research, 1982 - Elsevier
The inhibitory effect of A-primary afferent activity on A-and C-evoked activity in dorsal horn
convergent neurones has been investigated in the decerebrate spinal rat. A-afferent …

The cutaneous contribution to the hamstring flexor reflex in the rat: an electrophysiological and anatomical study

CJ Woolf, JE Swett - Brain research, 1984 - Elsevier
The location and properties of the cutaneous receptive fields responsible for detecting the
flexor withdrawal reflex in the posterior head of biceps femoris (pBF) and semitendinosus …

Pathobiological reactions of C‐fibre primary sensory neurones to peripheral nerve injury

G Jancsó - Experimental Physiology: Translation and …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Mammalian primary sensory neurones display profound anatomical and chemical changes
in response to injury of their peripheral processes. Peripheral nerve damage results in …

Physiology and morphology of multireceptive neurons with C-afferent fiber inputs in the deep dorsal horn of the rat lumbar spinal cord

CJ Woolf, AE King - Journal of neurophysiology, 1987 - journals.physiology.org
Intracellular recording techniques have been used to study neurons that respond to low-and
to high-intensity mechanical stimulation of the skin of the hindpaw (wide dynamic range or …