Myelinated mechanically insensitive afferents from monkey hairy skin: Heat-response properties

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1082-1093

  Treede, Rolf Detlef ^a,b   Meyer, Richard A ^a,c,d   Campbell, James N ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MONKEY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE;

EID: 0031792439     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.3.1082     Document Type: Article

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