OPIATE ANTAGONIST, NALOXONE, DOES NOT AFFECT DESCENDING INHIBITION FROM MIDBRAIN OF NOCICEPTIVE SPINAL NEURONAL DISCHARGES IN THE CAT

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CARSTENS, E
KLUMPP, D
ZIMMERMANN, M
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[1] II. Physiologisches Institut der Universität, Heidelberg
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10.1016/0304-3940(79)90016-8
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
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Discharges were recorded from spinal dorsal horn neurons in response to noxious skin heating (e.g. 50°C). Repetitive electrical stimulation of the mesencephalic periaqueductal gray (PAG) inhibited these nociceptive discharges. In each of 9 experiments systemic administration of naloxone (1-3 mg/kg) did not affect this descending inhibition, arguing against involvement of endogenous opiates. © 1979.
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