Ventromedial thalamic neurons convey nociceptive signals from the whole body surface to the dorsolateral neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 9063-9072

  Monconduit, Lénaïc ^a   Bourgeais, Laurence ^a   Bernard, Jean François ^a   Bars, Daniel Le ^a   Villanueva, Luis ^a  

^a Inst Natl S et de la Rech U129   (France)

Author keywords

Brainstem reticular formation; Dorsal horn; Neocortex; Pain; Premotor; Ventromedial thalamus

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033570355     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-20-09063.1999     Document Type: Article

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