N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and non-NMDA glutamate receptor antagonists differentially suppress dorsal horn neuron responses to mechanical stimuli in rats with peripheral nerve injury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-40

  Leem, Joong Woo ^a   Choi, Eun Jin ^a   Park, Eun Sun ^a   Paik, Kwang Se ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Dorsal horn neuron; Excitatory amino acid; Neuropathic pain; Wide dynamic range

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGIONAL PERFUSION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0030583001     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12714-2     Document Type: Article

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