Mechanosensory neurons innervating Aplysia siphon encode noxious stimuli and display nociceptive sensitization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 459-469

  Illich, Paul A ^a   Walters, Edgar T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

alarm; allodynia; hyperalgesia; mechanoafferent; nociceptor; sensitization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL GANGLION; ALLODYNIA; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; HYPERALGESIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 0031023897     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-01-00459.1997     Document Type: Article

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