Suppressive effect of vagal afferents on the activity of the trigeminal spinal neurons related to the jaw-opening reflex in rats: Involvement of the endogenous opioid system

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-56

  Takeda, Mamoru ^a   Tanimoto, Takeshi ^a   Ojima, Koei ^a   Matsumoto, Shigeji ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endogenous pain control system; Inhibitory effect; Jaw opening reflex; Trigeminal spinal nucleus oralis; Vagal afferent

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOOTH PULP; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYKININ; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDORPHINS; JAW; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; REFLEX; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032168705     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(98)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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