Spinothalamic and spinohypothalamic tract neurons in the sacral spinal cord of rats. II. Responses to cutaneous and visceral stimuli

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2606-2628

  Katter, James T ^a   Dado, Robert J ^a   Kostarczyk, Ewa ^a   Giesler Jr , Glenn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0029896298     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.6.2606     Document Type: Article

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