Does intravenous administration of GABA(A) receptor antagonists induce both descending antinociception and touch-evoked allodynia?

Pain

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-336

  Koyama, Natsu ^a   Hanai, Fumihiko ^a   Yokota, Toshikatsu ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Antinociception; GABA(A) receptor antagonist; Nucleus raphe dorsalis; Periaqueductal gray; Spinal cord; Wide dynamic range neuron

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; LIDOCAINE; PICROTOXIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECT; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032102773     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00061-X     Document Type: Article

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