Morphine preferentially activates the periaqueductal gray-rostral ventromedial medullary pathway in the male rat: A potential mechanism for sex differences in antinociception

Neuroscience

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 456-468

  Loyd, D R ^a   Morgan, M M ^b   Murphy, A Z ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

endogenous descending pathway; morphine analgesia; opioid; pain; pain inhibition; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHINE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PERFUSION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 34250182734     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.03.053     Document Type: Article

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