Multisegmental Aδ- and C-fiber input to neurons in lamina I and the lateral spinal nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2384-2395

  Pinto, Vítor ^a,b   Szucs, Peter ^a   Lima, Deolinda ^b   Safronov, Boris V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; DORSAL ROOT; ILLUMINATION; INTEGRATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPIKE; STIMULATION; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 76649088934     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3445-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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