Enhanced pronociception by amygdaloid group I metabotropic glutamate receptors in nerve-injured animals

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-74

  Ansah, Osei B ^a   Gonçalves, Leonor ^a,b   Almeida, Armando ^b   Pertovaara, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Descending pathways; Emotion; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Neuropathic pain; Rostroventromedial medulla

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 6 (PHENYLETHYNYL)PYRIDINE; 3,5 DIHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE; 7 HYDROXYIMINOCYCLOPROPAN[B]CHROMEN 1A CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RETICULAR FORMATION; SYNAPSES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 59749087247     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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