Participation of μ-opioid, GABAB, and NK1 receptors of major pain control medullary areas in pathways targeting the rat spinal cord: Implications for descending modulation of nociceptive transmission

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 510, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-187

  Pinto, Marta ^a   Sousa, Marta ^a,b   Lima, Deolinda ^a,b   Tavares, Isaura ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Dorsal reticular nucleus; Endogenous pain control system; Opioid receptors; Pronociception; Substance P

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 50249092715     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21793     Document Type: Article

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