The cerebral cortex modulates the cutaneous transmission through the dorsal column nuclei;La corteza cerebral modula la transmisión cutánea a través de los núcleos de los cordones posteriores

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 448-454

  Marino J ^a   Aguilar, J ^b   Soto, C ^b   Canedo, Antonio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortical modulation; Cuneate nucleus; Cuneothalamic neurons; Cutaneous transmission; Sensorimotor cortex; Ventroposterolateral thalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347119124     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3305.2001196     Document Type: Article

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