Effects of GABA and glycine receptor antagonists on the activity and PAG-induced inhibition of rat dorsal horn neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 736, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 189-201

  Peng, Yuan B ^a   Lin, Qing ^a   Willis, William D ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

dorsal horn; glycine; inhibition; periaqueductal gray; receptor; serotonin; spinal cord; aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCIMOL; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SKIN; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0030583643     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00668-3     Document Type: Article

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