Assembly of the dorsal horn somatotopic map

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-106

  Brown, Paul B ^a   Koerber, H Richard ^b   Millecchia, Ronald ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Low threshold mechanoreceptor; Map scale; Receptive field; Skin; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENDRITE; HUMAN; MECHANORECEPTOR; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TOPOGRAPHY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PREGNANCY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030762274     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229771097     Document Type: Article

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