Morphological characteristics and electrophysiological responses of visceral nociceptive neurons in somatosensory cerebral cortex of cat

Brain Research

Volumn 846, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-252

  Jinghong, Chen ^a   Guoxi, Teng ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intracellular recording; Neurobiotin labeling; Pain; Somatosensory cortex; Visceronociceptive neuron

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPLANCHNIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; CATS; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISCERA;

EID: 0032702567     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01883-1     Document Type: Article

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