Effects of endothelial NOS antagonism within the periaqueductal gray on cardiovascular responses and neurotransmission during mechanical, heat, and cold nociception

Brain Research

Volumn 1236, Issue , 2008, Pages 93-104

  Chaitoff, Kevin A ^b   Patel, Dipan ^a   Ally, Ahmmed ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Northpoint Surgery and Laser Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; GABA; Glutamate; Heart rate; Microdialysis; Nitric oxide synthase; Pain

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ARGININE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N5 (1 IMINOETHYL)ORNITHINE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HEART RATE; HEAT; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEART RATE; HYPERALGESIA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; ORNITHINE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEMPERATURE;

RATTUS;

EID: 53049093837     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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