Convergence of cutaneous, muscular and visceral noxious inputs onto ventromedial thalamic neurons in the rat

Pain

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-91

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

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Colorectal distension; Motor cortex; Mustard oil; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 0038243607     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(02)00418-9     Document Type: Article

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