Rostral ventral medulla cholinergic mechanism in pain-induced analgesia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 464, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 170-172

  Gear, Robert W ^a   Levine, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Antinociception; Noxious stimulation; Nucleus accumbens; Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REFLEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 70149111902     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.08.036     Document Type: Article

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