Functional characteristics of the midbrain periaqueductal gray

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 575-605

  Behbehani, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEAR; LORDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUND; ANIMAL; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028981582     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0082(95)00009-K     Document Type: Review

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231. Ascending and descending projections to medullary reticular formation sites which activate deep lumbar muscles in the rat
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238. Characterization of inhibition of a spinal nociceptive reflex by stimulation medially and laterally in the midbrain and medulla in the pentobarbital-anesthetized rat
239. Spinal pathways mediating tonic or stimulation-produced descending inhibition from the periaqueductal gray or nucleus raphe magnus are separate in the cat
240. Inhibition of spinal nociceptive neurons by excitation of cell bodies or fibers of passage at various brainstem sites in the cat
241. Blockade of GABA receptors in the midbrain periaqueductal gray abolishes nociceptive spinal dorsal horn neuronal activity
242. Distribution of GABA in the periaqueductal gray matter. Effects of medial hypothalamic lesions
243. GABA modulation of the defense reaction induced by brain electrical stimulation
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245. The role of serotonin in analgesia elicited by morphine in the periaqueductal gray matter (PAG)
246. Periaqueductal gray neurons response to microiontophoretically injected morphine in naive and morphine-dependent rats
247. Anti-aversive role of serotonin in the dorsal periaqueductal grey matter
248. High-affinity serotonin binding sites: Autoradiographic evidence for their location on retinal afferents in the rat superior colliculus
249. Electrophysiological evidence for a projection of the periaqueductal gray matter to nucleus raphe magnus in cat and rat
250. GABA-mediated regulation of feline aggression elicited from midbrain periaqueductal gray
251. Role of vasopressin in cardiovascular regulation
252. Heterogeneous distribution of neurotensin-like immunoreactive neurons and fibers in the midbrain periaqueductal gray of the rat
253. Topographical specificity of forebrain in the periaqueductal gray and inputs to the midbrain periaqueductal gray: Evidence for discrete longitudinally organized input columns
254. Immunocytochemical localization of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in male and female rat brains. Quantitative studies on the effect of gonadal steroids
255. NMDA receptor blockade in the periaqueductal grey prevents stress-induced analgesia in attacked mice
256. Efferent projections of the nucleus raphe magnus
257. Modulation of lordosis behaviour in the female rat by corticotropin releasing factor, beta-endorphin and gonadotropin releasing hormone in the mesencephalic central gray
258. Coexistence of substance P-and cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivity in neurons of the mesencephalic periaqueductal central gray
259. Evidence for periaqueductal cholecystokinin-substance P neurons projecting to the spinal cord
260. Opioid receptors mediating antinociception from beta-endorphin and morphine in the periaqueductal gray
261. Neural control of vocalization
262. Long ascending projections to the midbrain from cells of lamina I and nucleus of the dorsolateral funiculus of the rat spinal cord
263. Experimental immunohistochemical studies on the distribution and origins of substance P in the medial preoptic area of the rat
264. Immunohistochemical demonstration of the distribution of serotonin neurons in the brainstem of the rat and cat
265. Neurotensin-containing cell bodies, fibers and nerve terminals in the brain stem of the rat: Immunohistochemical mapping
266. Stress induced analgesia: Its opioid nature depends on the strain of rat but not on the mode of induction
267. The Midbrain Periaqueductal Gray and Cardiovascular Control
268. Hypothalamic projections to the PAG in the rat: Topographical, immuno-electronmicroscopical and functional aspects
269. Attack, eating, drinking and gnawing elicited by electrical stimulation of rat mesencephalon and pons
270. Cholecystokinin antagonists selectively potentiate analgesia induced by endogenous opiates
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