Post-synaptic action of morphine on glutamatergic neuronal transmission related to the descending antinociceptive pathway in the rat thalamus

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 469-478

  Narita, Minoru ^a   Hashimoto, Keisuke ^a   Amano, Taku ^b   Narita, Michiko ^a   Niikura, Keiichi ^a   Nakamura, Atsushi ^a   Suzuki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

opioid receptor; Morphine; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CHELERYTHRINE; FLUOROGOLD; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EVOKED RESPONSE; HABENULA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TAIL FLICK TEST; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GLUTAMIC ACID; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; STILBAMIDINES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 37349105318     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05059.x     Document Type: Article

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