Suppression of noxious stimulus-evoked activity in the ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus by a cannabinoid agonist: Correlation between electrophysiological and antinociceptive effects

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 6601-6611

  Martin, William J ^a   Hohmann, Andrea G ^a   Walker, J Michael ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anandamide; cannabinoid analgesia; nociception; rat; tetrahydrocannabinol; thalamus

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CANNABINOID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MORPHINE SULFATE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029816889     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-20-06601.1996     Document Type: Article

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