Differences in opioidergic inhibition of spinal reflexes and Fos expression evoked by mechanical and chemical noxious stimuli in the decerebrated rabbit

Neuroscience

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 177-189

  Bhandari, R N B ^a   Ogilvie, J ^a   Clarke, R W ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fos; Immunocytochemistry; Nociception; Opioids; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DECEREBRATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SPINAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; COLCHICINE; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRRITANTS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSTARD PLANT; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NOCICEPTORS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; REFLEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOES;

EID: 0033051477     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00426-6     Document Type: Article

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