The effects of local perfusion of DAMGO on extracellular GABA and glutamate concentrations in the rostral ventromedial medulla

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 806-817

  Schepers, Raf Jan Filip ^a,b   Mahoney, Janet Lynn ^b   Zapata, Agustin ^b   Chefer, Vladimir ^b   Shippenberg, Toni Shaun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; GABA; Glutamate; Microdialysis; Rostral ventromedial medulla

Indexed keywords

2,4 PYRROLIDINEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLARGINYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; GLUTAMIC ACID; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICRODIALYSIS; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITORS; PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 38049125301     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05017.x     Document Type: Article

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