The prokineticin receptor agonist Bv8 increases GABA release in the periaqueductal grey and modifies RVM cell activities and thermoceptive reflexes in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3068-3078

  De Novellis, Vito ^a   Negri, Lucia ^b   Lattanzi, Roberta ^b   Rossi, Francesca ^a   Palazzo, Enza ^a   Marabese, Ida ^a   Giannini, Elisa ^b   Vita, Daniela ^a   Melchiorri, Pietro ^b   Maione, Sabatino ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROKINETICIN BV8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; HYPERALGESIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; TAIL;

EID: 36248960478     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05910.x     Document Type: Article

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