Synaptic plasticity in the amygdala in a model of arthritic pain: Differential roles of metabotropic glutamate receptors 1 and 5

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-63

  Neugebauer, Volker ^a   Li, Weidong ^a   Bird, Gary C ^a   Bhave, Gautam ^b   Gereau IV, Robert W ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Arthritis pain; Electrophysiology; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Nociception; Patch clamp; Plasticity; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0037218611     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-01-00052.2003     Document Type: Article

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