Nitric oxide contributes to both spinal nociceptive transmission and its descending inhibition in rats: An immunocytochemical study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-146

  Gao, Wang Cai ^a   Qiao, Jian Tian ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Descending inhibition; Formalin test; N( ) Nitro L arginine; Nitric oxide; Nociceptive c fos expression; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032535976     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00949-X     Document Type: Article

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