How many spinothalamic tract cells are there? A retrograde tracing study in cat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 360, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 121-124

  Klop, E M ^a   Mouton, L J ^a   Holstege, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Darkschewitsch; Nociception; Pain; Somatosensory; Spinal cord; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; NEURONS; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; TIME FACTORS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 1842735638     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.02.045     Document Type: Article

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