PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION EVOKED BY A PAINFUL STIMULUS

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作者
VYKLICKY, L
RUDOMIN, P
ZAJAC, FE
BURKE, RE
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[1] Laboratories of Neurophysiology and Neural Control, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, Bethesda
[2] Laboratory of Cellular and Comparative Neurophysiology, Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physiology, Budjovícka 1083, Praha
[3] Department of Physiology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México 14, D. F.
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10.1126/science.165.3889.184
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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摘要
Pulses of intense radiant heat applied to the plantar pad of unanesthetized spinal cats produced negative dorsal root potentials, increased excitability of cutaneous A fibers, and marked activation of ipsilateral flexor motoneurons. The same effects were obtained during cold block of A fiber conduction in the appropriate peripheral nerve. We conclude that adequate noxious activation of cutaneous C fibers depolarizes cutaneous A fibers.
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