Role of the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala in endocannabinoid-mediated stress-induced analgesia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-184

  Connell, Katherine ^a   Bolton, Nathan ^a   Olsen, Daniel ^a   Piomelli, Daniele ^b   Hohmann, Andrea G ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 AG; Anandamide; Antinociception; FAAH; MGL; Periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; ENDOCANNABINOID; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URB 597; URB 602;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS; TAIL FLICK TEST;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CARBAMATES; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASES; PAIN; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644989300     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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