Descending modulation of visceral nociceptive transmission from the locus coeruleus/subcoeruleus in the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 616-625

  Liu, Limin ^a,b   Tsuruoka, Masayoshi ^a   Maeda, Masako ^a   Hayashi, Bunsho ^a   Wang, Xiaomin ^b   Inoue, Tomio ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colorectal distention; Descending modulation; Locus coeruleus subcoeruleus; Spinal cord neurons; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANIMALS; COLON; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PENTOBARBITAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECTUM; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 46349085008     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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