Sensory modalities conveyed in the hindlimb somatic afferent input to nucleus tractus solitarius

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2062-2073

  Toney, Glenn M ^a   Mifflin, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Muscle contraction; Skeletal muscle; Skin; Thermal receptor

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HINDLIMB; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033948803     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.6.2062     Document Type: Article

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