Articles by author - Simon Vaculin

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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Self-mutilation in young rats after dorsal rhizotomy.

Vaculin S, Franek M, Andrey L, Rokyta R.

Journal Article 2005; 26(1): 25-28 PubMed PMID: 15726015  Keywords:  Aging:physiology, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Brachial Plexus:physiology, Electrophysiology, Entropy, Male, Neurons, Afferent:physiology, Pain:etiology, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Rhizotomy, Self Mutilation:etiology,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to describe the development of self-mutilation after extensive dorsal rhizotomy of the brachial plexu.....

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Paradoxical firing of thalamic neurons under neuropathic pain state in rats.

Vaculin S, Franek M, Andrey L, Rokyta R.

Journal Article 2004; 25(6): 407-410 PubMed PMID: 15665800  Keywords:  Action Potentials, Animals, Entropy, Intralaminar Thalamic Nuclei:physiology, Male, Models, Neurological, Neuralgia:physiopathology, Nonlinear Dynamics, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Rhizotomy,.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: A novel evaluative approach was used to determine single unit activities of non-bursting intralaminar thalamic nuclei under ne.....

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