Stimulus intensity, cell excitation and the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor component of sensory responses in the rat spinal cord in vivo

Neuroscience

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 251-265

  Chizh, B A ^a,b   Cumberbatch, M J ^a,c   Herrero, J F ^a,d   Stirk, G C ^a,e   Headley, P M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b GRÜNENTHAL GMBH   (Germany)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

Author keywords

D APS; D CPP; Ketamine; Nociception; TRH; Wind up

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 (3 PHOSPHONOPROPYL) 2 PIPERAZINECARBOXYLIC ACID; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CHLORALOSE; KAINIC ACID; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; KETAMINE; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030768085     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00119-X     Document Type: Article

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