Morphine microinjected into the nucleus raphe magnus does not block the activity of spinal trigeminal nucleus oralis convergent neurons in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 803, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 208-211

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

^a Lab de Physiol O   (France)

Author keywords

C fiber; Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls; Nociception; Nucleus raphe magnus

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL;

EID: 0032563705     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00659-3     Document Type: Article

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