Nociceptive excited and inhibited neurons within the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus and cuneiform nucleus

Brain Research

Volumn 1013, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 182-187

  Carlson, Jonathan Dennis ^a,c   Iacono, Robert Paul ^b   Maeda, George ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cuneiform nucleus; Nociception; Pain modulation: anatomy and physiology; Parabrachial nucleus; Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; Sensory systems

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEGMENTUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; MALE; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAIL;

EID: 2942596572     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.03.069     Document Type: Article

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