Cardiopulmonary sympathetic input excites primate cuneothalamic neurons: Comparison with spinothalamic tract neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 628-637

  Chandler, Margaret J ^a   Zhang, Jianhua ^a   Foreman, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; MACACA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINE; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0031812615     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.2.628     Document Type: Article

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