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Spinal neurons specifically excited by noxious or thermal stimuli: marginal zone of the dorsal horn.
B N Christensen,Edward R. Perl +1 more
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HIGH-THRESHOLD MECHANORECEPTORS and their centrally projecting myelinated fibers make up a functionally distinct group of cutaneous sensory units that have been suggested as part of the afferent apparatus for pain resulting from mechanical damage to the skin.Abstract:
HIGH-THRESHOLD MECHANORECEPTORS and their centrally projecting myelinated fibers make up a functionally distinct group of cutaneous sensory units that have been suggested as part of the afferent apparatus for pain resulting from mechanical damage to the skin (3, 17). The argument for their relation to pain was based on two points: 1) the ability of such afferent elements, unique among those with medullated fibers, to provide signals differentiating noxious from innocuous mechanical events affecting the skin; and 2) the well-established correlation between pain and activity in thin myelinated afferent fibersread more
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Données neurophysiologiques sur la transmission et l'intégration des messages nociceptifs*
TL;DR: Cutaneous nociceptive messages are followed at different levels of the CNS, from the periphery to the cortex, and the PO group of nuclei seem to have a particular role in pain processes.
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Anatomy of afferent terminals concerned with nociception
TL;DR: The termination pattern of myelinated nociceptor fibers emphasizes the significance of the MZ in nocICEption, although other regions of the gray matter may be also important.
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An Historical Perspective: The Second Order Neuron in the Pain Pathway
TL;DR: A review of studies aimed at defining the neuronal organization and circuitry of the dorsal horn to highlight some of the key findings that have led to current understanding of this region.
Dissertation
The Thermal Grill Illusion of Pain: Effects of Altering Placements of Warm and Cool Grill Elements
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of placing the thermal grill elements in a warm flanking cool (WCW) pattern and a cool flanking warm (CWC) pattern was evaluated in 26 male subjects.
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Response of cutaneous sensory units with unmyelinated fibers to noxious stimuli.
P Bessou,Edward R. Perl +1 more
TL;DR: In an attempt to learn more about the range of behavior associated with the terminals of cutaneous C fibers, a number of randomly sele,cted units were surveyed for responses to a variety of graded stimuli.
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Myelinated afferent fibres responding specifically to noxious stimulation of the skin
Paul R. Burgess,Edward R. Perl +1 more
TL;DR: The characteristics of receptors from the hairy skin of the hind limb of cat were studied by recording from single primary afferent fibres with fine micropipettes with distinctive features of 513 fibres conducting under 51 m/sec.
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Myelinated afferent fibres innervating the primate skin and their response to noxious stimuli.
TL;DR: The functional characteristics of cutaneous receptors in the squirrel monkey were determined by recording discharges of single myelinated afferent fibres in peripheral nerves with micro‐electrodes or from fine filaments prepared by dissection.
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