Interactive responses of a thalamic neuron to formalin induced lasting pain in behaving mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Huh, Yeowool ^a,b   Bhatt, Rushi ^c   Jung, DaeHyun ^a   Shin, Hee sup ^a,b   Cho, Jeiwon ^a,b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^c YAHOO RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MODULATION; MOUSE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC PAIN; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVALUATION; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

MUS;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; NOCICEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84856194881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030699     Document Type: Article

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