Inhibitory effect of crotoxin on the pain-evoked discharge of neurons in thalamic parafascicular nucleus in rats

Toxicon

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-111

  Zhu, Qi ^a   Wu, Dian Chen ^a   Zhou, Xi Ping ^a   Gong, Shan ^a   Cheng, Bo Chao ^a   Qin, Zheng Hong ^a   Reid, Paul F ^b   Yin, Qi Zhang ^a   Jiang, Xing Hong ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Celtic Catalysts Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Atropine; Crotoxin; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Naloxone; pCPA; Serotonin; Thalamic parafascicular nucleus; Unit discharge

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CROTOXIN; FENCLONINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; THALAMUS; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CROTOXIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; PAIN; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 38048998612     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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