The immediate effects of peripheral deafferentation on neurons of the cuneate nucleus in raccoons

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-113

  Northgrave, Stacey A ^a   Rasmusson, Douglas D ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cuneate; Deafferentation; Inhibition; Lidocaine; Receptive fields; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; DEAFFERENTATION; DENERVATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FINGER; FOREFOOT; GLABROUS SKIN; LATENT PERIOD; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACCOON; RECEPTIVE FIELD; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029789327     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990229609051398     Document Type: Article

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