Increases in the release and metabolism of serotonin in nucleus parafascicularis thalami following systemically administered morphine in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-154

  Munn, Elizabeth M ^a   Borszcz, George S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Intralaminar thalamus; Microdialysis; Morphine; Pain; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MORPHINE SULFATE; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONIN RELEASE; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MORPHINE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEROTONIN; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037044698     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00949-7     Document Type: Article

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