Serotonergic pontomedullary neurons are not activated by antinociceptive stimulation in the periaqueductal gray

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3285-3292

  Gao, Keming ^b   Kim, Yoo Hang Hugh ^b   Mason, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

antinociception; autonomic modulation; monoamine; pain modulation; raphe magnus; serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 0030962454     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-09-03285.1997     Document Type: Article

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