Activity-dependent development of tactile and nociceptive spinal cord circuits

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1279, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-102

  Koch, Stephanie C ^a   Fitzgerald, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; Glycine; Inhibition; Neonatal; Reflex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MATURATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 84875633065     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12033     Document Type: Article

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