Separate inhibitory and excitatory components underlying receptive field organization in superficial medullary dorsal horn neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 47, 2011, Pages 17300-17305

  Kato, Go ^a   Kosugi, Masafumi ^a   Mizuno, Masaharu ^a   Strassman, Andrew M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY RECEPTIVE FIELD; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITORY RECEPTIVE FIELD; INTERNEURON; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE NET; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS;

EID: 81855224867     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4474-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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