MODULAR ORGANIZATION OF SPINAL NOCICEPTIVE REFLEXES - A NEW HYPOTHESIS

Authors
SCHOUENBORG J WENG HR HOLMBERG H
Citation
J. Schouenborg et al., MODULAR ORGANIZATION OF SPINAL NOCICEPTIVE REFLEXES - A NEW HYPOTHESIS, News in physiological sciences, 9, 1994, pp. 261-265
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology
Journal title
News in physiological sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
08861714
Volume
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
261 - 265
Database
ISI
SICI code
0886-1714(1994)9:<261:MOOSNR>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Recent experimental studies suggest that the nociceptive withdrawal re flex system essentially has a ''modular'' organization, with each modu le concerned with the control of a single or a small group of muscles. This organizational principle appears to apply arise to some spinooli vocerebellar pathways.