Tensile and compressive responses of nociceptors in rat hairy skin

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 492-505

  Khalsa, Partap S ^a   Lamotte, Robert H ^a   Grigg, Peter ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SKIN; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRETCH RECEPTOR; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030877657     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.1.492     Document Type: Article

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