Systemic morphine inhibits dorsal horn projection neurons through spinal cholinergic system independent of descending pathways

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 314, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 611-617

  Chen, Yan Ping ^a,b   Chen, Shao Rui ^a   Pan, Hui Lin ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLARGINYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INHIBITION KINETICS; INJECTION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECORDING; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MORPHINE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PEPTIDES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 22944436489     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.085563     Document Type: Article

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