Lesions of the periaqueductal gray disrupt input to the rostral ventromedial medulla following microinjections of morphine into the medial or basolateral nuclei of the amygdala

Brain Research

Volumn 1009, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 223-227

  McGaraughty, Steve ^a,b   Farr, Dawson A ^a   Heinricher, Mary M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Opioid; Pain modulation: anatomy and physiology; Periaqueductal gray; Rostral ventromedial medulla; Sensory systems

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 2142698578     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.02.048     Document Type: Article

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