Nociceptive afferent activity alters the SI RA neuron response to mechanical skin stimulation

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2900-2915

  Whitsel, B L ^a,b   Favorov, O V ^a   Li, Y ^a   Lee, J ^a   Quibrera, P M ^b   Tommerdahl, M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

bipolar GABA action; interareal interactions; mechanoresponsivity; pain touch interaction; primary somatosensory cortex; vibrotactile frequency discrimination

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CAPSAICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SAIMIRI; SKIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 78349232755     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq039     Document Type: Article

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