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 …

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 …

A C-fiber reflex modulated by heterotopic noxious somatic stimuli in the rat

S Falinower, JC Willer, JL Junien… - Journal of …, 1994 - journals.physiology.org
1. Electromyographic recordings were made from the biceps femoris muscle through a pair
of noninsulated platinum/iridium needle electrodes in male Sprague-Dawley rats artificially …

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 influence of temporal summation on a C-fibre reflex in the rat: effects of lesions in the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM)

M Gozariu, D Bouhassira, JC Willer, D Le Bars - Brain research, 1998 - Elsevier
In intact rats, an inhibitory mechanism counteracts the increase in excitability of a flexor
reflex seen in spinal animals following high-intensity, repetitive stimulation of C-fibres. We …

Segmental and descending influences on intraspinal thresholds of single C-fibers

ID Hentall, HL Fields - Journal of neurophysiology, 1979 - journals.physiology.org
1. The effect was studied of various conditioning stimuli on the threshold of single C-fibers
near their spinal terminals. Spikes were recorded in L6 and L7 dorsal root ganglia of cats. A …

C-primary afferent fibre mediated inhibitions in the dorsal horn of the decerebrate-spinal rat

CJ Woolf - Experimental brain research, 1983 - Springer
The effect of repetitive primary afferent C-fibre stimulation on the responses of single wide
dynamic range neurones recorded in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord have been …

Effects of cutaneous nerve and intraspinal conditioning of C‐fibre afferent terminal excitability in decerebrate spinal rats.

M Fitzgerald, CJ Woolf - The Journal of Physiology, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
1. Changes in the threshold for antidromic activation of C‐fibre afferent terminals in the
lumbar spinal cord of the decerebrate‐spinalized rat have been examined. 2. The antidromic …

Ascending pathways in the spinal cord involved in triggering of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in the rat

L Villanueva, M Peschanski… - Journal of …, 1986 - journals.physiology.org
Recordings were made from convergent neurons in trigeminal nucleus caudalis of the rat.
These neurons were activated by both innocuous and noxious mechanical stimuli applied to …

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 …