Involvement of medullary talk-flick related neurons in the descending facilitating effects evoked by stimulation of lateral habenular nucleus

Acta Physiologica Sinica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-336

  Luo Xiu, Huang ^a   Zhen Peng, Cheng ^a  

^a XI'AN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Descending facilitation; Lateral habenular nucleus; Rostral ventromedial medulla; Tail flick related neuron; Tailflick reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030201772     PISSN: 03710874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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