Specific thalamic nuclei function as novel 'nociceptive discriminators' in the endogenous control of nociception in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 232, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-63

  You, H J ^a   Lei, J ^a   Niu, N ^a   Yang, L ^a   Fan, X L ^a   Tjolsen A ^b   Li, Q ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Endogenous descending controls; Hyperalgesia; Hypoalgesia; Pain; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FACILITATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOALGESIA; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBMEDIUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX; ANIMAL; HEAT; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOCICEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TOUCH;

EID: 84872528908     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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