Oxytocin in the periaqueductal grey regulates nociception in the rat

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 39-42

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

^a XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Kamp Institute for Medical Research   (China)

^c YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Endogenous opiate peptide; Oxytocin; Periaqueductal grey

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; ORNIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 79957998368     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: 18731686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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