Inhibition of formalin-evoked c-fos expression in the rat spinal dorsal horn by microinjection of morphine into the nucleus submedius

Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University (Medical Sciences)

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 443-445

  Yang, Zhijie ^a   Xie, Yufeng ^a   Tang, Jingshi ^a   Jia, Hong ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

c fos expression; Formalin; Morphine; Naloxone; Nucleus submedius; Spinal dorsal horn

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242625910     PISSN: 16718259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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