Morphine applied to the thalamic nucleus submedius produces a naloxone reversible antinociceptive effect in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-20

  Dong, Ya Feng ^a   Tang, Jing Shi ^a   Yuan, Bin ^a   Jia, Hong ^a  

^a XI'AN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Morphine; Naloxone; Rat; Tail flick reflex; Thalamic nucleus submedius

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033551832     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00506-6     Document Type: Article

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