Prolonged noxious stimulation increases Periaqueductal gray NMDA mRNA expression: A hybridization study using two different rat models for nociception

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-192

  Renno, W M ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; RAT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0031738966     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02937933     Document Type: Article

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