Dorsal horn spatial representation of simple cutaneous stimuli

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 983-998

  Brown, Paul B ^a   Millecchia, Ronald ^a   Lawson, Jeffrey J ^a   Stephens, Stephanie ^a   Harton, Paul ^a   Culberson, James C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL DENSITY; HINDLIMB; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SKIN SENSATION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0031883053     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.2.983     Document Type: Article

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