Periaqueductal gray matter metabotropic glutamate receptors modulate formalin-induced nociception

Pain

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 183-189

  Maione, Sabatino ^a   Oliva, Patrizia ^a   Marabese, Ida ^a   Palazzo, Enza ^a   Rossi, Francesca ^a   Berrino, Liberato ^a   Rossi, Francesco ^a   Filippelli, Amelia ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Formalin; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Nociception; Periaqueductal gray matter

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; VEHICLES;

EID: 0033975262     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00269-9     Document Type: Article

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