Inhibitory effects evoked from the rostral ventrolateral medulla are selective for the nociceptive responses of spinal dorsal horn neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 541-547

  Hudson, P M ^a   Semenenko, F M ^a   Lumb, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Descending control; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TACTILE STIMULATION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOCICEPTORS; NOREPINEPHRINE; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 0034674952     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00210-4     Document Type: Article

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