12. Functional characteristics of dorsal horn neurons in adult rats treated at birth with capsaicin
Abstract
Systemic administration of capsaicin to neonatal rats results in the permanent destruction of up to 90% of their unmyelinated afferent (C) fibres (Nagy et al. 1983)- In this study, the properties of type 2 dorsal horn neurons, which normally receive a convergent input from both myelinated (A) and unmyelinated (C) afferent fibres, have been examined in adult rats treated at birth with capsaicin.