Sexually dimorphic activation of the periaqueductal gray-rostral ventromedial medullary circuit during the development of tolerance to morphine in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1517-1524

  Loyd, Dayna R ^a   Morgan, Michael M ^b   Murphy, Anne Z ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anatomy; Descending modulatory pathway; Pain

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHINE; NERVE NET; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 40949133434     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06100.x     Document Type: Article

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