Emotional regulation of pain: The role of noradrenaline in the amygdala

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 384-390

  Strobel, Cornelia ^a   Hunt, Sarah ^a   Sullivan, Robert ^a   Sun, JianYuan ^b   Sah, Pankaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

learning; pain; parabrachial; stress

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; NOCICEPTION; NOREPINEPHRINE; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION;

EID: 84899962703     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-014-4638-x     Document Type: Review

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