Contribution of the ventromedial hypothalamus to generation of the affective dimension of pain

Pain

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 155-168

  Borszcz, George S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; GABAA receptor; Hypothalamus; Nociception; Pavlovian conditioning; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL REFLEX; STIMULATION; TAIL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOCALIZATION;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HINDLIMB; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; PAIN; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; TAIL; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33744552527     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.02.026     Document Type: Article

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