The Thalamus and Nociceptive Processing

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages 635-654

  Dostrovsky, J O ^a   Craig, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central lateral nucleus (CL); Central pain; Central poststroke pain; Centr median parafascicular nucleus (CM Pf); Lateral thalamus; Medial thalamus; Posterior ventromedial nucleus (VMpo); Submedius; Thalamus; Ventrocaudal medial dorsal nucleus (MDvc); Ventroposterior nucleus (VP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882506461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370880-9.00185-7     Document Type: Chapter

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