Medullary circuits for nociceptive modulation

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 640-645

  Mason, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PALMIDROL; SEROTONIN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; LATENT PERIOD; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RETICULAR FORMATION; REVIEW; ROSTRAL VENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHINE; NERVE NET; NOCICEPTORS; RATS;

EID: 84865992057     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.03.008     Document Type: Review

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