An NK1 receptor antagonist microinjected into the periaqueductal gray blocks lateral hypothalamic-induced antinociception in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 453, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-119

  Holden, Janean E ^a   Pizzi, Julie A ^b   Jeong, Younhee ^c  

^a Critical and Long Term Care Programs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A7 catecholamine cell group; Analgesia; Pain; Ventromedial medulla

Indexed keywords

2 BENZHYDRYL 3 (2 IODOBENZYLAMINO)QUINUCLIDINE; CARBACHOL; COBALT CHLORIDE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SYNAPSE; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; COBALT; FEMALE; FOOT; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; MICROINJECTIONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; QUINUCLIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; TAIL;

EID: 61449206997     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.01.083     Document Type: Article

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