The medullary dorsal reticular nucleus facilitates pain behaviour induced by formalin in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 110-122

  Almeida, A ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

c fos; Descending modulation; Neuronal lesioning; Nociceptive facilitation; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; QUINOLINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISINFECTANTS; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032925246     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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