Morphine administered in the substantia gelatinosa of the spinal trigeminal nucleus caudalis inhibits nociceptive activities in the spinal trigeminal nucleus oralis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3529-3536

  Dallel, Radhouane ^a   Dualé, Christian ^a   Molat, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

C fiber; Convergent neuron; Nociception; Rat; Substantia gelatinosa; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032525169     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03529.1998     Document Type: Article

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