Spinal strychnine alters response properties of nociceptive-specific neurons in rat medial thalamus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 628-637

  Sherman, Stephen E ^a   Luo, Lei ^a   Dostrovsky, Jonathan O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRYCHNINE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TACTILE STIMULATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030792597     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.2.628     Document Type: Article

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