Newborn analgesia mediated by oxytocin during delivery

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APRIL, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Mazzuca, Michel ^a,b   Minlebaev, Marat ^a   Shakirzyanova, Anastasia ^c,d   Tyzio, Roman ^a   Taccola, Giuliano ^e   Janackova, Sona ^a   Gataullina, Svetlana ^a   Ben Ari, Yehezkel ^a   Giniatullin, Rashid ^c   Khazipov, Rustem ^a  

^a Turing Center for Living Systems CENTURI Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d KAZAN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^e SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gaba; Neonate; Oxytocin; Pain

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BUMETANIDE; OXYTOCIN; PURINERGIC P2X3 RECEPTOR; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAIL FLICK TEST; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 81355154877     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2011.00003     Document Type: Article

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