Microinjection of renin-angiotensin system peptides in discrete sites within the rat periaqueductal gray matter elicits antinociception

Brain Research

Volumn 972, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 207-215

  Prado, Wiliam A ^a   Pelegrini Da Silva, Adriana ^a   Martins, Antonio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Antinociception; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Periaqueductal gray matter; Porcine renin substrate tetradecapeptide; Tail flick test

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN III; PEPTIDE; SARALASIN; TETRADECAPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENIN SUBSTRATE; TAIL FLICK TEST; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037449182     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02541-1     Document Type: Article

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