Thalamic relay site for cold perception in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1970-1973

  Davis, Karen D ^a,b   Lozano, Andres M ^a,b   Manduch, Marosh ^a   Tasker, Ronald R ^a,b   Kiss, Zelma H T ^a   Dostrovsky, Jonathan O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN STIMULATION; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033021231     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.4.1970     Document Type: Article

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