Spatial convergence and divergence between cutaneous afferent axons and dorsal horn cells are not constant

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 420, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 277-290

  Brown, Paul B ^a   Harton, Paul ^a   Millecchia, Ronald ^a   Lawson, Jeffrey ^a   Kunjara Na Ayudhya, Tisana ^a   Stephens, Stephanie ^a   Miller, Mark A ^a   Hicks, Larry ^a   Culberson, Jim ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Receptive field; Somatosensory; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CELL COUNT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LEG; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SKIN; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0034621395     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000508)420:3<277::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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