The effects of the medial and cortical amygdala lesions on post-stress analgesia in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-65

  Werka, Tomasz ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Electrolytic injuries; Hot plate; Pain reactivity; Rat; Tail flick

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOT PLATE TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; TAIL FLICK TEST;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAIL;

EID: 0031001291     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)02244-9     Document Type: Article

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