Circuitry underlying antiopioid actions of orphanin FQ in the rostral ventromedial medulla

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3351-3358

  Heinricher, M M ^a,b   McGaraughty, S ^a   Grandy, D K ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; NOCICEPTIN; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 0031415767     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.6.3351     Document Type: Article

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