Spinal cholinergic and monoamine receptors mediate the antinociceptive effect of morphine microinjected in the periaqueductal gray on the rat tail, but not the feet

Brain Research

Volumn 722, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 95-108

  Fang, Fang ^a   Proudfit, Herbert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; analgesia; atropine; intrathecal; methysergide; naloxone; nor adrenaline; serotonin; spinal cord; yohimbine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; METHYSERGIDE; MORPHINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0029894861     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00198-9     Document Type: Article

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