Role of vagal afferents and the rostral ventral medulla in intravenous serotonin-induced changes in nociception and arterial blood pressure

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 753-767

  Thurston Stanfield, Cindy L ^a   Ranieri, James T ^a   Vallabhapurapu, Raviprasad ^a   Barnes Noble, Dorcas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Pain; Raphe magnus; Serotonin; Vagus

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; SEROTONIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032714105     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00128-6     Document Type: Article

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