Activation of mu opioid receptors in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray inhibits reflex micturition in anesthetized rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 363, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 116-119

  Matsumoto, Seiji ^a,b,c   Levendusky, Mark C ^d   Longhurst, Penelope A ^a,d   Levin, Robert M ^a,b,d   Millington, William R ^d  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Kappa receptor; Micturition; Mu receptor; Opioid; Periaqueductal gray; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; OPIATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BRAIN REGION; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMORAL ARTERY; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROINJECTION; MICTURITION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; REFLEX; URINE RETENTION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BENZENEACETAMIDES; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ENKEPHALIN, D-PENICILLAMINE (2,5)-; FEMALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NARCOTICS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REFLEX; SODIUM CHLORIDE; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION;

EID: 2542431170     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.03.055     Document Type: Article

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