Effects of electrolytic lesion of dorsolateral periaqueductal gray on analgesic response of morphine microinjected into the nucleus cuneiformis in rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 451, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-169

  Haghparast, Abbas ^a   Ahmad Molaei, Leila ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dorsolateral periaqueductal gray; Electrolytic lesion; Formalin test; Morphine antinociception; Nucleus cuneiformis; Tail flick test

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; MORPHINE SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEIFORM NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; DENERVATION; MALE; MORPHINE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58849091739     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.12.058     Document Type: Article

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