Involvement of the anterior pretectal nucleus in the control of persistent pain: A behavioral and c-Fos expression study in the rat

Pain

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 163-174

  Villarreal, Cristiane F ^a   Del Bel, Elaine A ^a   Prado, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anterior pretectal nucleus; c Fos; Descending modulation; Incisional pain; Persistent pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CARRAGEENAN; LIDOCAINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA; HEMISPHERE; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SKIN INCISION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0037906157     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00449-9     Document Type: Article

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