Projections from the mesopontine tegmental anesthesia area to regions involved in pain modulation

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 32, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 159-178

  Sukhotinsky, I ^a   Reiner, K ^a   Govrin Lippmann, R ^a   Belenky, M ^a   Lu, J ^b   Hopkins, D A ^c   Saper, C B ^b   Devor, M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anesthesia; Coma; Descending pain modulation; MPTA; RVM

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MESOPONTINE TEGMENTAL ANESTHESIA AREA; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINE; SYNAPSE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RETICULAR FORMATION; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 33751174766     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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