Peripherally driven low-threshold inhibitory inputs to lamina I local-circuit and projection neurones: A new circuit for gating pain responses

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1519-1534

  Luz, Liliana L ^a   Szucs, Peter ^a,b,c   Safronov, Boris V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY GATING; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD LAMINA I; SPINAL CORD LAMINA II; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION; PERIODICITY; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897413853     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.269472     Document Type: Article

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