Viscerosomatic interactions in the thalamic ventral posterolateral nucleus (VPL) of the squirrel monkey

Brain Research

Volumn 787, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-276

  Brüggemann, Johannes ^a   Shi, Ting ^a   Apkarian, A Vania ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Descending and ascending inhibition; DNIC; Nociception; Somatovisceral convergence; Thalamus; Visceral sensation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SQUIRREL MONKEY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; COLON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; NEURONS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SAIMIRI; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0032559881     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01512-6     Document Type: Article

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