Pain-facilitating medullary neurons contribute to opioid-induced respiratory depression

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2393-2404

  Phillips, Ryan S ^a   Cleary, Daniel R ^a   Nalwalk, Julia W ^b   Arttamangkul, Seksiri ^c   Hough, Lindsay B ^b   Heinricher, Mary M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Improgan; Pain modulation; Rat; Rostral ventromedial medulla

Indexed keywords

DERMORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; NALTREXONE; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BREATHING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; ROSTRAL VENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84868332123     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00563.2012     Document Type: Article

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