Articles by author - Robert Rusina

Somatosensory evoked response and jaw opening reflex elicited by tooth pulp stimulation in awake freely moving rats.

Barek S, Rusina R, Pollin B, Azerad J.

Journal Article 2007; 28(2): 121-130 PubMed PMID: 17435676  Keywords:  Animals, Conditioning (Psychology), Dental Pulp:innervation, Electroshock, Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory:physiology, Jaw, Male, Movement, Pain Measurement, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Reflex, Tooth, Wakefulness,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Investigation of pain and nociception refers to different models. Depending upon the intensity of stimulation, unmyelinated pul.....

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The effect of motor cortex stimulation in deafferentated rats.

Rusina R, Vaculin S, Yamamotova A, Barek S, Dvorakova H, Rokyta R.

Journal Article 2005; 26(4): 283-288 PubMed PMID: 16136014  Keywords:  Animals, Causalgia:physiopathology, Denervation, Electric Stimulation, Female, Male, Motor Cortex:physiology, Nociceptors:physiology, Pain Threshold:physiology, Rats, Rats, Long-Evans, Rhizotomy,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to describe the effect of motor cortex stimulation (MCS) on pain thresholds in deafferentated rats.

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