Visual, somatosensory, auditory and nociceptive modality properties in the feline suprageniculate nucleus

Neuroscience

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 179-189

  Benedek, G ^a,b   Pereny J ^a   Kovacs G ^a   Fischer Szatmari L ^a   Katoh, Y Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

cat; sensory physiology; suprageniculate nucleus; thalamus; vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CATS; DENTAL PULP; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODIES; NOCICEPTORS; ORIENTATION; PAIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0343307130     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00562-3     Document Type: Article

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