Responsiveness Changes of Tooth Pulp-Driven Neurons in Thalamic Ventral Posteromedial and Mediodorsal Nuclei Following Experimental Pulpitis and Naloxone Administration in Rats

Journal of Oral Biosciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-148

  Kaneko, Mitsuhiro ^a   Sunakawa, Mitsuhiro ^a,b   Matsui, Yasunari ^c   Suda, Hideaki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Matsui Dental Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

central sensitization; mediodorsal nucleus; mustard oil; tooth pulp driven neuron (TPDN); ventral posteromedial nucleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010093050     PISSN: 13490079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2330/joralbiosci.47.135     Document Type: Article

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