Rostral ventromedial medulla μ, but not κ, opioid receptors are involved in electroacupuncture anti-hyperalgesia in an inflammatory pain rat model

Brain Research

Volumn 1395, Issue , 2011, Pages 38-45

  Zhang, Yu ^a,b   Li, Aihui ^a   Lao, Lixing ^a   Xin, Jiajia ^a   Ren, Ke ^c   Berman, Brian M ^a   Zhang, Rui Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Hyperalgesia; Opioid receptor; Pain; RVM

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLORNITHYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; ENDORPHIN; FREUND ADJUVANT; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NORBINALTORPHIMINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79957887450     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 00068993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.04.037     Document Type: Article

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