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Antinociceptive action of oxytocin involves inhibition of potassium channel currents in lamina II neurons of the rat spinal cord

BACKGROUND: Growing evidence in the literature shows that oxytocin (OT) has a strong spinal anti-nociceptive action. Oxytocinergic axons originating from a subpopulation of paraventricular hypothalamic neurons establish synaptic contacts with lamina II interneurons but little is known about the func...

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Autores principales: Breton, Jean Didier, Poisbeau, Pierrick, Darbon, Pascal
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19909537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8069-5-63