Adenosine mediates spinal norepinephrine-produced antinociception as revealed by nociceptive discharges in parafascicular neurons in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 798, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 320-324

  Yang, Shou Wei ^a,b   Liu, Rong Jian ^a   Qiao, Jian Tian ^a,c   Laufman, Larry E ^c   Dafny, Nachum ^c  

^a Shanxi Medical College   (China)

^b Department of Physiology   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminophylline; Intrathecal administration; Nociceptive discharge; Norepinephrine; Parafascicular neuron; Rat; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMINOPHYLLINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IONTOPHORESIS; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS;

ADENOSINE; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032490656     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00435-1     Document Type: Article

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