Hypothalamospinal oxytocinergic antinociception is mediated by GABAergic and opiate neurons that reduce A-delta and C fiber primary afferent excitation of spinal cord cells

Brain Research

Volumn 1247, Issue , 2009, Pages 38-49

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

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

Author keywords

Analgesia; Opiate; Presynaptic inhibition; Rat Endogenous descending control

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; BICUCULLINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REINFORCEMENT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; OXYTOCIN; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

RATTUS;

EID: 57349113072     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.10.030     Document Type: Article

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