Morphine modulation of temporomandibular joint-responsive units in superficial laminae at the spinomedullary junction in female rats depends on estrogen status

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2065-2074

  Tashiro, A ^a   Okamoto, K ^a   Bereiter, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nociception; Sex steroids; Temporomandibular joint; Trigeminal brainstem

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; SEX HORMONE; THIOPENTAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; JOINT CAVITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ARTHRALGIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOCICEPTORS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TRIGEMINAL CAUDAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 55949111037     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06488.x     Document Type: Article

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