Long-latency responses of brain noradrenergic neurons to noxious stimuli are preferentially attenuated by intravenous morphine

Brain Research

Volumn 714, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 9-18

  Hirata, H ^a   Aston Jones, G ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C fiber; Locus coeruleus; Morphine; Naloxone; Nociception; Noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 0029939789     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01430-6     Document Type: Article

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