Serotonin receptors 5-HT1A and 5-HT3 reduce hyperexcitability of dorsal horn neurons after chronic spinal cord hemisection injury in rat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 174-186

  Hains, Bryan C ^a,b   Willis, William D ^a   Hulsebosch, Claire E ^a  

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

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemisection; Nociception; Serotonin; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 2 METHYLSEROTONIN; BEMESETRON; N TERT BUTYL 3 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL] 2 PHENYLPROPIONAMIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 AGONIST; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037337198     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1352-x     Document Type: Article

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