Nociceptive spinothalamic tract and postsynaptic dorsal column neurons are modulated by paraventricular hypothalamic activation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 546-558

  Rojas Piloni, Gerardo ^a   Martínez Lorenzana, Guadalupe ^a   Delatorre, Salvador ^a   Condés Lara, Miguel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Nociception; PDC system; Rat; Spinal cord; Spinothalamic tract neurons

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GRACILIS MUSCLE; IONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS;

EID: 47849119277     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06366.x     Document Type: Article

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