Facilitation of synaptic transmission and pain responses by CGRP in the amygdala of normal rats

Molecular Pain

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Han, Jeong S ^a   Adwanikar, Hita ^a   Li, Zhen ^a   Ji, Guangchen ^a   Neugebauer, Volker ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 [1 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL) 3 INDOLYL] 3 (3 INDOLYL)MALEIMIDE; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; KT 5720; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATCH CLAMP; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SOUND INTENSITY; SPINAL REFLEX; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOCALIZATION; WHOLE CELL; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77649134488     PISSN: 17448069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-6-10     Document Type: Article

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