Somatostatin and nociceptin inhibit neurons in the central nucleus of amygdala that project to the periaqueductal grey

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 425-430

  Chieng, Billy ^a   Christie, MacDonald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central nucleus of amygdala; Nociceptin; Opioid; Periaqueductal grey; Potassium current; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

NOCICEPTIN; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE RECEPTOR LIKE 1; SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 77956913408     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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