Itch and analgesia resulting from intrathecal application of morphine: Contrasting effects on different populations of trigeminothalamic tract neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 6093-6101

  Moser, Hannah R ^a   Giesler, Glenn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; HISTAMINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; SEROTONIN;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 84876002238     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0216-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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