Less than 15% of the spinothalamic fibers originate from neurons in lamina I in cat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 360, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 125-128

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

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluorescent; Marginal layer; Nociception; Pain; Spinal cord; Thalamus; Wheat germ agglutinin conjugated horseradish peroxidase

Indexed keywords

WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CATS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; NEURONS; PAIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; TIME FACTORS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 1842786135     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.02.047     Document Type: Article

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