Descending modulation of pain

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 729-737

  Gebhart, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Descending facilitation; Descending inhibition; Nucleus raphe magnus; Periaqueductal gray; Rostroventral medulla

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FACILITATION; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 1042266424     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2003.11.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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