Motor cortex stimulation inhibits thalamic sensory neurons and enhances activity of PAG neurons: Possible pathways for antinociception

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2359-2369

  Pagano, Rosana L ^a,b   Fonoff, Erich T ^a,b   Dale, Camila S ^b   Ballester, Gerson ^a   Teixeira, Manoel J ^a   Britto, Luiz R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Midbrain PAG; Motor cortex stimulation; Neuronal activation; Thalamic nuclei

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTEIN FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZIF268; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDBRAIN PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; MOTOR CORTEX; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84868534927     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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