Expression of antinociception in response to a signal for shock is blocked after selective downregulation of μ-opioid receptors in the rostral ventromedial medulla

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 282-288

  Foo, H ^a   Helmstetter, Fred J ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Antisense; Opioid; Pavlovian conditioning

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SHOCK; TAIL FLICK TEST; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; WHITE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTROSHOCK; EXONS; FEAR; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NOISE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PAIN; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034728681     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(00)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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