"Periaqueductal Gray" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Central gray matter surrounding the CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT in the MESENCEPHALON. Physiologically it is probably involved in RAGE reactions, the LORDOSIS REFLEX; FEEDING responses, bladder tonus, and pain.
| Descriptor ID |
D010487
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.659.413.875.595
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| Concept/Terms |
Periaqueductal Gray- Periaqueductal Gray
- Central Gray Substance of Midbrain
- Griseum Centrale
- Griseum Centrale Mesencephali
- Griseum Centrale Mesencephalus
- Periaqueductal Gray Matter
- Gray Matter, Periaqueductal
- Central Periaqueductal Gray
- Gray, Central Periaqueductal
- Periaqueductal Grays, Central
- Mesencephalic Central Gray
- Central Gray, Mesencephalic
- Midbrain Central Gray
- Central Gray, Midbrain
- Substantia Grisea Centralis
- Substantia Grisea Centralis Mesencephali
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Periaqueductal Gray" by people in Profiles.
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Age-dependent plasticity in endocannabinoid modulation of pain processing through postnatal development. Pain. 2017 Nov; 158(11):2222-2232.
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Nicotinic modulation of descending pain control circuitry. Pain. 2017 Oct; 158(10):1938-1950.
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Neonatal and adult gonadal hormone manipulations enhance morphine analgesia elicited from the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray in female rats. Int J Neurosci. 2010 Apr; 120(4):265-72.
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Ventromedial medulla: pain modulation and beyond. J Comp Neurol. 2005 Dec 05; 493(1):2-8.
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Deconstructing endogenous pain modulations. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Sep; 94(3):1659-63.
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Differences between SHR and WKY following the airpuff startle stimulus in the number of Fos expressing, RVLM projecting neurons. Clin Exp Hypertens. 2002 Apr; 24(3):125-39.
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Bilateral periventricular nodular heterotopia with mental retardation and syndactyly in boys: a new X-linked mental retardation syndrome. Neurology. 1997 Oct; 49(4):1042-7.
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SEROTONERGIC pontomedullary neurons are not activated by antinociceptive stimulation in the periaqueductal gray. J Neurosci. 1997 May 01; 17(9):3285-92.
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NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry provides evidence for a bilateral, somatotopically inappropriate response to unilateral hindpaw inflammation in the rat. Brain Res. 1994 May 30; 647(1):113-23.
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Effects of chemical and electrical stimulation of the midbrain on feline T2-T6 spinoreticular and spinal cell activity evoked by cardiopulmonary afferent input. Brain Res. 1989 Sep 04; 496(1-2):148-64.