Oxytocin in the periaqueductal gray participates in pain modulation in the rat by influencing endogenous opiate peptides

Peptides

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1255-1261

  Yang, Jun ^a,b,c   Liang, Jin Ying ^a   Li, Peng ^a   Pan, Yan Juan ^a   Qiu, Pei Yong ^a   Zhang, Jing ^b   Hao, Fang ^b   Wang, Da Xin ^c  

^a XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Kamp Institute for Medical Research   (China)

^c YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endorphin; Dynorphin; Enkephalin; Oxytocin; Pain modulation; Periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; DYNORPHIN[1-13]; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; METENKEPHALIN; NALOXONE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CATHETERIZATION; DYNORPHINS; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; MICROINJECTIONS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OXYTOCIN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 79957974458     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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