Nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis and nucleus raphe magnus in the brain stem exert opposite effects on behavioral hyperalgesia and spinal Fos protein expression after peripheral inflammation

Pain

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 127-141

  Wei, Feng ^a,b   Dubner, Ronald ^a   Ren, Ke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fos; Hyperalgesia; Locus coeruleus; Nuclei reticularis gigantocellularis; Nuclei reticularis gigantocellularis pars alpha; Nucleus raphe magnus

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; IBOTENIC ACID; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 0033023451     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00212-7     Document Type: Article

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