Moving from an averaged to specific view of spinal cord pain processing circuits

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1057-1063

  Graham, B A ^a   Brichta, A M ^a   Callister, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATE CONTROL THEORY; INTERNEURON; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 34548742876     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00581.2007     Document Type: Review

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