Evidence for involvement of separate mechanisms in the production of analgesia by electrical stimulation of the nucleus reticularis paragigantocellularis and nucleus raphe magnus in the rat

Brain Res. 1980 Aug 4;194(2):525-9. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(80)91236-6.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain Stem / physiology*
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Male
  • Methysergide / pharmacology
  • Naloxone / pharmacology
  • Nociceptors / drug effects
  • Nociceptors / physiology*
  • Norepinephrine / metabolism
  • Phenoxybenzamine / pharmacology
  • Propranolol / pharmacology
  • Raphe Nuclei / physiology*
  • Rats
  • Receptors, Adrenergic / drug effects
  • Receptors, Opioid / drug effects
  • Receptors, Serotonin / drug effects
  • Reticular Formation / physiology*
  • Synaptic Transmission / drug effects

Substances

  • Receptors, Adrenergic
  • Receptors, Opioid
  • Receptors, Serotonin
  • Phenoxybenzamine
  • Naloxone
  • Propranolol
  • Norepinephrine
  • Methysergide