Monosynaptic connections between primary afferents and giant neurons in the turtle spinal dorsal horn

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 347-356

  Fernandez A ^a   Radmilovich, M ^b   Russo, R E ^c   Hounsgaard, J ^c   Trujillo Cenoz O ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Nociception; Sensory; Serial sections; Turtle

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GIANT NERVE CELL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LATENT PERIOD; MICROSCOPY; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TURTLE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NISSL BODIES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TETRODOTOXIN; TURTLES;

EID: 0029928111     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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