Non-linear morphine-induced depression of spinal excitation following long-term potentiation of C fibre-evoked spinal field potentials

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 814-817

  Buesa, Itsaso ^a   Urrutia, Andrés ^a   Bilbao, Juan ^a   Aguilera, Luciano ^c   Zimmermann, Manfred ^b   Azkue, Jon Jatsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Neuroscience and Pain Research Institute   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Electrophysiology; LTP; Nociception; Opioids

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MORPHINE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 44649141322     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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