Mechanical response properties of nociceptors innervating feline hairy skin

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1177-1189

  Garell, P Charles ^a,b   McGillis, Sandra L B ^a   Greenspan, Joel D ^a,c  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SKIN NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0030004937     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.3.1177     Document Type: Article

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