Involvement of medullary tail-flick related neurons in descending facilitation evoked by chemical stimulation of rat lateral habenular nucleus

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-23

  Huang, Luo Xiu ^a   Cheng, Zhen Feng ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Habenula; Medulla oblongata; Neurons; Pain measurement; Sodium glutamate; Tail

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABENULA; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RAT; SPINAL REFLEX; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 0031930946     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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