Differential effects of chronic spinal hemisection on somatic and visceral inputs to caudal brainstem

Brain Research

Volumn 947, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 234-242

  Hubscher, Charles H ^a,b,c   Johnson, Richard D ^a,b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Nociception; Plasticity; Reticular formation; Spinal cord injury; Urogenital

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOES;

EID: 0037199839     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02930-X     Document Type: Article

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