Possible involvement of histamine, dopamine, and noradrenalin in the periaqueductal gray in electroacupuncture pain relief

Brain Research

Volumn 1306, Issue , 2010, Pages 62-68

  Murotani, Tomotaka ^a   Ishizuka, Tomoko ^b   Nakazawa, Hiroyuki ^b   Wang, Xiaoming ^b   Mori, Kazu ^b   Sasaki, Kazuro ^b   Ishida, Torao ^b   Yamatodani, Atsushi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SUZUKA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ectroacupuncture; Histamine; Noradrenalin; Periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; HISTAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

RATTUS;

EID: 71549165530     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.09.117     Document Type: Article

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