The population response of A- and C-fiber nociceptors in monkey encodes high-intensity mechanical stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4649-4656

  Slugg, Robert M ^a   Campbell, James N ^a   Meyer, Richard A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; C fiber; Cutaneous; Mechanosensory; Nociception; Pain

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MONKEY; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 2442659167     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0701-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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