Assessment of the Potential Role of Muscle Spindle Mechanoreceptor Afferents in Chronic Muscle Pain in the Rat Masseter Muscle

James P. Lund; Somayeh Sadeghi; Tuija Athanassiadis; Nadia Caram Salas; François Auclair; Benoît Thivierge; Isabel Arsenault; Pierre Rompré; Karl-Gunnar Westberg; Arlette Kolta

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011131

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Assessment of the Potential Role of Muscle Spindle Mechanoreceptor Afferents in Chronic Muscle Pain in the Rat Masseter Muscle

James P. Lund †,

† Deceased.

Affiliations Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central du Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Somayeh Sadeghi,

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Tuija Athanassiadis,

Affiliation Section for Physiology, Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Nadia Caram Salas,

Affiliation Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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François Auclair,

Affiliation Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central du Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Benoît Thivierge,

Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Isabel Arsenault,

Affiliation Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central du Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Pierre Rompré,

Affiliation Department of Stomatology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Karl-Gunnar Westberg,

Affiliation Section for Physiology, Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Arlette Kolta

* E-mail: arlette.kolta@umontreal.ca

Affiliations Groupe de Recherche sur le Système Nerveux Central du Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec, Department of Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Stomatology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Assessment of the Potential Role of Muscle Spindle Mechanoreceptor Afferents in Chronic Muscle Pain in the Rat Masseter Muscle

James P. Lund,
Somayeh Sadeghi,
Tuija Athanassiadis,
Nadia Caram Salas,
François Auclair,
Benoît Thivierge,
Isabel Arsenault,
Pierre Rompré,
Karl-Gunnar Westberg,
Arlette Kolta

Published: June 15, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011131

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