Involvement of CGMP in nociceptive processing by and sensitization of spinothalamic neurons in primates

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3293-3302

  Lin, Qing ^a   Peng, Yuan Bo ^a   Wu, Jing ^a   Willis, William D ^a  

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

Author keywords

capsaicin; guanylate cyclase; monkey; nitric oxide; periaqueductal gray; PKG; scinothalamic tract; sensitization

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CAPSAICIN; CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; MONKEY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

EID: 16944365123     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-09-03293.1997     Document Type: Article

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