Descending pathways from activated locus coeruleus/subcoeruleus following unilateral hindpaw inflammation in the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 78, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 170-174

  Maeda, Masako ^a   Tsuruoka, Masayoshi ^a   Hayashi, Bunsho ^a   Nagasawa, Ikuko ^a   Inoue, Tomio ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Descending modulation; Hyperalgesia; Inflammation; Locus coeruleus; Subcoeruleus

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDPAW INFLAMMATION; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CARRAGEENAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXIDOPAMINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 58749107705     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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