Mechanisms involved in an increment of multimodal excitability of medullary and upper cervical dorsal horn neurons following cutaneous capsaicin treatment

• Main Authors: Kondo Masahiro (Author), Sessle Barry J (Author), Kitagawa Junichi (Author), Honda Kuniya (Author), Tsuboi Yoshiyuki (Author), Yonehara Yoshiyuki (Author), Iwata Koichi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2008-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In order to evaluate mechanisms that may underlie the sensitization of trigeminal spinal subnucleus caudalis (Vc; the medullary dorsal horn) and upper cervical spinal cord (C1-C2) nociceptive neurons to heat, cold and mechanical stim...