Functional imaging of the human brainstem during somatosensory input and autonomic output

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Henderson, Luke A ^a   Macefield, Vaughan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dorsal column nuclei; Pain; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Sympathetic nerve activity; Trigeminal nuclei

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884969421     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00569     Document Type: Review

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