Opioid peptides inhibit excitatory but not inhibitory synaptic transmission in the rat dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2998-3004

  Browning, Kirsteen N ^a   Kalyuzhny, Alexander E ^b   Travagli, R Alberto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; Dorsal vagal complex; Feeding; Gastrointestinal function; Immunoreactivity; Opioids

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZAMIDE; 3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZAMIDE METHANESULFONATE; ANALGESIC AGENT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; KYOTORPHIN; METENKEPHALIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0037092412     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-08-02998.2002     Document Type: Article

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