The behavioural importance of dynamically activated descending inhibition from the nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis pars alpha

Pain

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 53-62

  Azami, J ^a   Green, D L ^b   Roberts, M H T ^b   Monhemius, R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural importance; Dynamically activated descending inhibition; Nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis pars alpha

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; HALOTHANE; HOMOCYSTEINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE LIGATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STEREOTAXIS; TAIL FLICK TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIGATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0035056033     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00471-1     Document Type: Article

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