Influence of peripheral nerve injury on response properties of locus coeruleus neurons and coeruleospinal antinociception in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1785-1794

  Viisanen, H ^a   Pertovaara, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

amygdala; descending inhibition; locus coeruleus; neuropathic pain; noradrenergic pain modulation

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; PENTOBARBITAL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE LIGATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; SPINAL NERVE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPERALGESIA; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34249094551     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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