Table 1.
Summary of treatments and resulting sensory deprivations
|
Treatments |
Noxious input |
Nociceptive sensitivity |
Tactile input |
Tactile sensitivity |
Number of rats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | + | + | + | + | 22 |
| Tube | − | + | + | + | 12 |
| Tube and EMLA | − | − | + | + | 12 |
| Tube and vehicle | − | + | + | + | 12 |
| Tube and EMLA and depilation | − | − | (+) | − | 10 |
| Tube and vehicle and depilation
|
−
|
+
|
(+)
|
(+)
|
10
|
+, Presence of input or sensitivity; −, absence of input or sensitivity; parentheses indicate absence of hair follicle input or sensitivity.