Unilateral hindpaw inflammation induces bilateral activation of the locus coeruleus and the nucleus subcoeruleus in the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-123

  Tsuruoka, Masayoshi ^a   Arai, Young Chang Park ^b,e   Nomura, Hirofumi ^c   Matsutani, Kiyo ^a   Willis, William D ^d  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

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

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^e KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

c Fos; Inflammation; Locus coeruleus; Subcoeruleus

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; PROTEIN FOS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; LATENT PERIOD; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THERMAL STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0037707707     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(03)00099-6     Document Type: Article

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