Modulation of persistent nociceptive inputs in the anterior pretectal nucleus of the rat

Pain

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 42-52

  Villarreal, Cristiane Flora ^a   Prado, Wiliam Alves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anterior pretectal nucleus; Descending pain control; Oxotremorine; Persistent pain; Post incision pain; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; METHYSERGIDE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OXOTREMORINE; PHACLOFEN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SEROTONIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34848813474     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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