The whole body receptive field of dorsal horn multireceptive neurones

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 29-44

  Le Bars, Daniel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Body image; Body schema; DNIC; Dorsal horn; Multireceptive neurones; Pain; Wide dynamic range neurones

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; HAIR; INTERNEURON; JOINT; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN RECEPTOR; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SUBNUCLEUS RETICULARIS DORSALIS; TOUCH; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0036825177     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(02)00186-8     Document Type: Review

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