Quantitative and neurogenic analysis of neurons with supraspinal projections in the superficial dorsal horn of the rat lumbar spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 565-574

  Bice, Tulsi N ^a   Beal, John A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain; Sensory systems; Spinomedullary; Spinomesencephalic; Spinothalamic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030829709     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971201)388:4<565::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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