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Effect of polychromatic polarized light on afferent traffic in skin branches of somatic nerves

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Short-term irradiation of rat hind limb with polychromatic polarized light at 400–2000 nm produces a long-term inhibition of baseline afferent traffic inn. saphenus, while nonpolarized light produces biphasic changes in baseline activity: transient activation is followed by long-term inhibition of discharges in the nerve. Subcutaneous injection of sodium nitroprusside (10 μg/ml) with subsequent irradiation of the hind limb with polarized light significantly increased afferent activity in the sciatic nerve andn. saphenus, which attests to involvement of nitric oxide in activation of cutaneous nerve terminals during irradiation with polarized light.

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  1. Laboratory of Physiology of Afferent Systems, Laboratory of Brain Stem Physiology, Institute of Physiology, Belorussian Academy of Sciences, Minsk

    A. G. Chumak, D. N. Chichkan & V. S. Ulashchik

  2. Belorussian State Institute of Medical Postgraduate Training, Minsk

    A. G. Chumak, D. N. Chichkan & V. S. Ulashchik

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  2. D. N. Chichkan
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Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 130, No. 7, pp. 14–16, July, 2000

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Chumak, A.G., Chichkan, D.N. & Ulashchik, V.S. Effect of polychromatic polarized light on afferent traffic in skin branches of somatic nerves. Bull Exp Biol Med 130, 624–626 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02682087

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