Opioid receptors in the ventral tegmental area contribute to stress-induced analgesia in the formalin test for tonic pain

Brain Research

Volumn 718, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 203-206

  Altier, Nadège ^a   Stewart, Jane ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Dopamine; Footschock stress; Formalin test; Naltrexone methylbromide; Opioid; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0029948674     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00121-7     Document Type: Article

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