Activity of murine raphe magnus cells predicts tachypnea and on-going nociceptive responsiveness

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3121-3133

  Hellman, Kevin M ^a   Brink, Thaddeus S ^a,b   Mason, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE];

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; TACHYPNEA;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; HEART RATE; HEAT; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 37549044598     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00904.2007     Document Type: Article

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