Oxytocin-induced antinociception in the spinal cord is mediated by a subpopulation of glutamatergic neurons in lamina I-II which amplify GABAergic inhibition

Molecular Pain

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Breton, Jean Didier ^a   Veinante, Pierre ^a   Uhl Bronner, Sandra ^a   Vergnano, Angela Maria ^a   Freund Mercier, Marie José ^a   Schlichter, Rémy ^a   Poisbeau, Pierrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA NERVE FIBER; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TISSUE SLICE; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; WISTAR RAT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PAIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 45949093413     PISSN: 17448069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-4-19     Document Type: Article

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