Molecular and electrophysiological changes in the prefrontal cortex-amygdala-dorsal periaqueductal grey pathway during persistent pain state and fear-conditioned analgesia

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1075-1081

  Butler, Ryan K ^a,c   Nilsson Todd, Linda ^b   Cleren, Carine ^b   Léna, Isabelle ^b   Garcia, René ^b   Finn, David P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Context fear conditioning; Field potentials; Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK); Pain; Periaqueductal grey (PAG); Prefrontal cortex (PFC)

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN TISSUE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; HINDLIMB; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEAR; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS;

EID: 80053053690     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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