Responses of neurons in the lateral thalamus of the cat to stimulation of urinary bladder, colon, esophagus, and skin

Brain Research

Volumn 851, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 164-174

  Horn, A C ^a   Vahle Hinz, C ^a   Bruggemann, J ^a   Petersen, M ^a   Kniffki, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lateral thalamus; Nociception; Visceroception; Viscerosomatic convergence; Viscerovisceral convergence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CAT; COLON; COLON DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033373073     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02180-0     Document Type: Article

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