13 responses of mechanosensitive afferents to manipulation of the lumbar facet in the cat

Spine

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 1995, Pages 2379-2385

  Pickar, Joel G ^a   Mc Lain, Robert F ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; Group iii; Group iv; Joint; Lumbar

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; JOINT FUNCTION; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE ENDING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPINAL ROOT;

ANIMAL; CATS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0028868976     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199511001-00002     Document Type: Article

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