Morphological classes of spinothalamic lamina I neurons in the cat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 367, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 537-549

  Zhang, En Tan ^a   Han, Zhong Sheng ^a   Craig, A D ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

dorsal horn; functional specialization; nociception; retrograde labeling; thermoreception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINDLE CELL; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THERMOREGULATION;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; CATS; CELL POLARITY; CHOLERA TOXIN; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029939970     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960415)367:4<537::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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