Role of the trigeminal mesencephalic nucleus in rat whisker pad proprioception

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mameli, Ombretta ^a   Stanzani, Stefania ^b   Mulliri, Gabriele ^a   Pellitteri, Rosalia ^c   Caria, Marcello A ^a   Russo, Antonella ^b   De Riu, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACE MUSCLE; INNERVATION; MASSETER MUSCLE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STUDENT T TEST; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TOUCH; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VIBRISSA; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MASSETER MUSCLE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 78149441948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-6-69     Document Type: Article

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