Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus stimulation modulates nociceptive responses in dorsal horn wide dynamic range neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 444, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-202

  Condés Lara, Miguel ^a   Martínez Lorenzana, Guadalupe ^a   Rodríguez Jiménez, Javier ^a   Rojas Piloni, Gerardo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Analgesia; Descending modulation; Hypothalamus; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECORDING; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TOE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; PAIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 51349136551     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.08.027     Document Type: Article

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