The medullary dorsal reticular nucleus facilitates acute nociception in the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-15

  Almeida, Armando ^a   Tjølsen, Arne ^b   Lima, Deolinda ^a   Coimbra, Antonio ^a   Hole, Kjell ^b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dorsal reticular nucleus; Glutamate stimulation; Nociceptive facilitation; Nociceptive tests; Quinolinic acid lesions

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; QUINOLINIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOT PLATE TEST; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 0030051706     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(95)02027-6     Document Type: Article

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