The involvement of metabotropic glutamate receptors in sensory transmission in dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord

Neuroscience

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 571-580

  Budai, D ^a   Larson, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acids; Iontophoresis; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Nociception; Spinal dorsal horn neurons; Wind up

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; CYCLOLEUCINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; CYCLOLEUCINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; IONTOPHORESIS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031950647     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00390-4     Document Type: Article

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