Involvement of excitatory amino acid receptors and nitric oxide in the rostral ventromedial medulla in modulating secondary hyperalgesia produced by mustard oil

Pain

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 45-55

  Urban, M O ^a   Coutinho, S V ^a   Gebhart, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Descending systems; Excitatory amino acid; Mustard oil; N methyl D aspartate; Nitric oxide; Rostral ventromedial medulla

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GEA 5024; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSTARD PLANT; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMINO ACID; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0032898266     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00265-6     Document Type: Article

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