Inhibitory effect of morphine microinjection into the ventrolateral orbital cortex on c-fos expression of neurons in spinal dorsal horn induced by formalin-test in rats

Journal of Xi'an Medical University, Chinese Edition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 104-107

  Huang, Xin ^a   Tang, Jingshi ^a   Yuan, Bin ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C fos; Formalin; Morphine; Naloxone; Spinal dorsal horn; Ventrolateral orbital cortexl

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036387838     PISSN: 02580659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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