Descending facilitatory influences from the rostral medial medulla mediate secondary, but not primary hyperalgesia in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 349-352

  Urban, M O ^b   Zahn, P K ^a   Gebhart, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Descending modulation; Ibotenic acid; Primary hyperalgesia; Rostral medial medulla; Secondary hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; LETTER; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0032961735     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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