Bilateral transient changes in thalamic nucleus ventroposterior lateralis after thoracic hemisection in the rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 942-951

  Liang, Li ^a   Mendell, Lorne M ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal columns; Pain; Somatosensory; Spinal cord injury; Spinothalamic tract; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HINDLIMB; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; THALAMIC NUCLEUS VENTROPOSTERIOR LATERALIS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THORACIC SPINE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84881653200     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00998.2012     Document Type: Article

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