Raphe magnus neurons help protect reactions to visceral pain from interruption by cutaneous pain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3423-3432

  Brink, Thaddeus S ^a   Hellman, Kevin M ^a   Lambert, Aaron M ^a   Mason, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; MUSCIMOL; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COLORECTAL DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; SKIN PAIN; SKIN STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THERMAL EXPOSURE; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; GABA AGONISTS; HEAT; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCIMOL; NEURONS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECTUM; SEROTONIN; SKIN;

EID: 33751511995     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00793.2006     Document Type: Article

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