Bidirectional modulation of windup by NMDA receptors in the rat spinal trigeminal nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2009-2016

  Woda, Alain ^a   Blanc, Olivier ^a   Voisin, Daniel L ^a   Coste, Jérôme ^a   Molat, Jean Louis ^a   Luccarini, Philippe ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Nociception; Pain; Sprague Dawley rat; Subnucleus oralis; Wide dynamic range

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 2342533091     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03328.x     Document Type: Article

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