Unmyelinated afferent fibers are not only for pain anymore

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 461, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-139

  Light, Alan R ^a   Perl, Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; NOTE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0038249012     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10691     Document Type: Note

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