Effects of activation of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors on spinal synaptic transmission in a rat model of neuropathic pain

Neuroscience

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 875-884

  Zhang, H M ^a   Chen, S R ^a   Pan, H L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 4; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 6; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 7;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLYCINE AGENTS; HYPERALGESIA; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURALGIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SPINAL NERVES; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 58149461850     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.10.042     Document Type: Article

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