The spinothalamic system targets motor and sensory areas in the cerebral cortex of monkeys

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 45, 2009, Pages 14223-14235

  Dum, Richard P ^a   Levinthal, David J ^a   Strick, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; INSULA; MALE; MONKEY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

ANIMALS; CEBUS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; PAIN; PERCEPTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; THALAMUS;

EID: 70449647037     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3398-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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