Pronociceptive changes in the activity of rostroventromedial medulla (RVM) pain modulatory cells in the streptozotocin-diabetic rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-44

  Silva, M ^a   Amorim, D ^b   Almeida, A ^b   Tavares, I ^a   Pinto Ribeiro, F ^b   Morgado, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Descending pain modulation; Diabetic neuropathic pain; Neuronal activity; Nociception; RVM; STZ diabetic rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIC PAIN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROSTROVENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SPINAL CORD;

DESCENDING PAIN MODULATION; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEURONAL ACTIVITY; NOCICEPTION; RVM; STZ-DIABETIC RAT;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEURONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STREPTOZOCIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84878458392     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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