Periaqueductal grey cyclooxygenase-dependent facilitation of C-nociceptive drive and encoding in dorsal horn neurons in the rat

The experience of pain is strongly affected by descending control systems originating in the brainstem ventrolateral periaqueductal grey (VL-PAG), which control the spinal processing of nociceptive information. A- and C-fibre nociceptors detect noxious stimulation, and have distinct and independent...

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Main Authors: Leith, J.L., Wilson, Alex W., You, Hao-Jun, Lumb, Bridget M., Donaldson, Lucy F.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39631/