Morphine modulation of temporomandibular joint-responsive units in superficial laminae at the spinomedullary junction in female rats depends on estrogen status.

Tashiro, A

Morphine modulation of temporomandibular joint-responsive units in superficial laminae at the spinomedullary junction in female rats depends on estrogen status. [electronic resource] - The European journal of neuroscience Nov 2008 - 2065-74 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

1460-9568

10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06488.x doi


Adenosine Triphosphate--pharmacology
Animals
Arthralgia--drug therapy
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Estradiol--blood
Estrogens--blood
Estrous Cycle--physiology
Female
Morphine--pharmacology
Narcotics--pharmacology
Neural Inhibition--drug effects
Nociceptors--drug effects
Posterior Horn Cells--drug effects
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, Opioid, mu--drug effects
Synaptic Transmission--drug effects
Temporomandibular Joint--innervation
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders--physiopathology
Trigeminal Caudal Nucleus--drug effects