Inactivation of the periaqueductal gray attenuates antinociception elicited by stimulation of the rat medial preoptic area

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 429, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 105-110

  Zhang, Yi Hong ^a   Ennis, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Hypothalamus; Medial preoptic area; Nociception; Periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HINDLIMB; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYPERALGESIA; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; REFLEX;

EID: 36348936079     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.09.070     Document Type: Article

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