Responses of neurons in the region of human thalamic principal somatic sensory nucleus to mechanical and thermal stimuli graded into the painful range

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 541-555

  Lee, J I ^a   Dougherty, P M ^a   Antezana, D ^a   Lenz, F A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Human thalamus; Mechanoreception; Pain; Posterior nucleus; Thermoreception; Ventral posterior nucleus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIN PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS; THERMORECEPTOR;

COLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEAT; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURONS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSATION; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0033538897     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990809)410:4<541::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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