Influence of amygdaloid glutamatergic receptors on sensory and emotional pain-related behavior in the neuropathic rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 174-178

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Aversive place conditioning; Descending pain modulation; Emotional pain; Mechanical pain sensibility; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EMOTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 77249148797     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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