Expression of long-term potentiation in single wide dynamic range neurons in the rat is sensitive to blockade of glutamate receptors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-28

  Svendsen, Frode ^a   Tjølsen, Arne ^a   Jørgen Rygh, Lars ^a   Hole, Kjell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

D AP5; Long term potentiation; NBQX; Neuronal plasticity; Pain; Spinal dorsal horn; Wide dynamic range neuron

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEURONS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 0033521660     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00884-2     Document Type: Article

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