A subset of μ-opioid receptor-expressing cells in the rostral ventromedial medulla contribute to thermal hyperalgesia in experimental neuropathic pain

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-43

  Mase, Hiroshi ^a   Sakai, Atsushi ^a   Sakamoto, Atsuhiro ^a   Suzuki, Hidenori ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Opioid receptor; Chronic constrictive injury; Descending facilitation; Kainic acid; Neuropathic pain; Rostral ventromedial medulla; Thermal hyperalgesia; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ROSTRAL VENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SCIATIC NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 79955479131     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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