Plasticity of cutaneous primary afferent projections to the spinal dorsal horn

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-113

  Wilson, Peter ^a   Kitchener, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE LESION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0029991374     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0082(95)00040-2     Document Type: Review

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