Actions of the ORL1 receptor ligand nociceptin on membrane properties of rat periaqueductal gray neurons in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 996-1003

  Vaughan, Christopher W ^a   Ingram, Susan L ^a   Christie, MacDonald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

analgesia; nociceptin; opioid receptor; ORL1 receptor; orphan receptor; periaqueductal gray; potassium channel; presynaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NOCICEPTIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030614373     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-03-00996.1997     Document Type: Article

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