Responses of cutaneous A-fiber nociceptors to noxious cold

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2049-2060

  Simone, Donald A ^a   Kajander, Keith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN RECEPTOR; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0030949816     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.4.2049     Document Type: Article

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