Does the medial thalamus play a role in the negative affective component of visceral pain in rats?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 420, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-84

  Wang, Han Cheng ^a   Chai, Sin Chee ^b   Wu, Yen Sheng ^c   Wang, Chia Chuan ^c  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Conditioned place aversion; Medial thalamus; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; VISCERAL PAIN; WRITHING TEST;

ACETIC ACID; AFFECT; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 34248659679     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.04.064     Document Type: Article

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