Nociceptive neurones in rat superior colliculus: I. Antidromic activation from the contralateral predorsal bundle

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-196

  Redgrave, Peter ^a   McHaffie, John G ^b   Stein, Barry E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nociception; Pain; Predorsal bundle; Rat; Superior colliculus; Tecto reticular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030007340     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00231780     Document Type: Article

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