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Thermal inhibition of nociceptor-driven spinal cord neurones in the rat
1Department of Veterinary Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 1QH U.K.
Pain
|March 1, 1985
Abstract:
The inhibitory effects of cutaneous thermal stimulation have been tested on background and noxious-evoked discharge of neurones in the lumbar spinal cord of anaesthetized rats. Inhibition of background discharges by warming and of noxious-evoked discharges by warming and/or cooling have been demonstrated. Thermal inhibition may be a neural basis for thermal analgesia.