Monosynaptic convergence of C- and Aδ-afferent fibres from different segmental dorsal roots on to single substantia gelatinosa neurones in the rat spinal cord

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 4165-4177

  Pinto, Vitor ^a,b   Szûcs, Peter ^a   Derkach, Victor A ^c   Safronov, Boris V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA NERVE FIBER; DORSAL ROOT; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; AFFERENT NERVE FIBER A GAMMA; AFFERENT NERVE FIBER C; ANIMAL CELL; CONNECTOME; FIRING RATE; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ANIMALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

EID: 51749099196     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.154898     Document Type: Article

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