NMDA receptor-mediated activation of medullary pro-nociceptive neurons is required for secondary thermal hyperalgesia

Pain

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-262

  Xu, Mei ^a   Kim, Chang Jae ^b   Neubert, Miranda J ^a   Heinricher, Mary M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Descending control; On cells; Pain modulation; Rostral ventromedial medulla

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; KNEE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; MODULATION; MONITORING; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSTARD PLANT; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 33846069212     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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