Role of glutamate receptors and nitric oxide in the rostral ventromedial medulla in visceral hyperalgesia

Pain

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-69

  Coutinho, S V ^a,b   Urban, M O ^a   Gebhart, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Descending systems; Excitatory amino acid; Nitric oxide; NMDA; Rostral ventromedial medulla; Visceral hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; COLON; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; VISCERA; ZYMOSAN;

EID: 0032188778     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00137-7     Document Type: Article

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