Segmental disinhibition suppresses C-fiber inputs to the rat superficial medullary dorsal horn via the activation of GABAB receptors

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 417-428

  Melin, Céline ^a,b   Jacquot, Florian ^a   Dallel, Radhouane ^a,b   Artola, Alain ^a  

^a Université d'Auvergne ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Dorsal horn; GABAA receptors; Glycine receptors; Sensory processing; Synaptic inhibition; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; PHACLOFEN; STRYCHNINE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA NERVE FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA NERVE FIBER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; MALE; MEDULLARY DORSAL HORN; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; GABA-B RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABA-B RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MORPHINE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84873324331     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12048     Document Type: Article

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