Cooling-specific spinothalamic neurons in the monkey

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3656-3665

  Dostrovsky, Jonathan O ^a   Craig, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; MONKEY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMUS; THERMORECEPTOR;

EID: 0030466335     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.6.3656     Document Type: Article

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