The organization of afferent projections to the midbrain periaqueductal gray of the rat

AJ Beitz - Neuroscience, 1982 - Elsevier
… The nucleus reticularis medulla oblongata pars ventralis and the nucleus reticularis … The
midbrain periaqueductal gray has been shown in the present investigation to receive a broad …

μ and δ opioid synergy between the periaqueductal gray and the rostro-ventral medulla

GC Rossi, GW Pasternak, RJ Bodnar - Brain research, 1994 - Elsevier
Microinjection of [d-Ala 2 , MePhe 4 , Gly(ol) 5 ]enkephalin (DAMGO) into either the periaqueductal
gray (PAG) or the rostral ventral medulla (RVM) elicts analgesia in the tailflick assay …

Lidocaine in the rostroventromedial medulla and the periaqueductal gray attenuates allodynia in neuropathic rats

A Pertovaara, H Wei, MM Hämäläinen - Neuroscience letters, 1996 - Elsevier
… In the present study we attempted to find out if the rostroventromedial medulla (RVM) or
the periaqueductal gray (PAG) might contribute to chronic allodynia induced by unilateral …

Inputs to the locus coeruleus from the periaqueductal gray and rostroventral medulla shape opioid-mediated descending pain modulation

ST Lubejko, G Livrizzi, SA Buczynski, J Patel… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
… from the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG) to the LC. Furthermore, we identify a
previously unknown opioid-sensitive inhibitory input from the rostroventromedial medulla (RVM), …

Periaqueductal gray neurons project to spinally projecting GABAergic neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla

MM Morgan, KL Whittier, DM Hegarty, SA Aicher - Pain, 2008 - journals.lww.com
… The analgesic effects of morphine are mediated, in part, by periaqueductal gray (PAG)
neurons that project to the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM). Although much of the neural …

Periaqueductal gray

KA Keay, R Bandler - The rat nervous system, 2015 - Elsevier
medulla (RVLM, CVLM) and the ventromedial medulla (VMM). The lateral column of the
PAG (lPAG) receives afferents from spinal cord and the medullary … directly to the medulla, but …

Lesions of the periaqueductal gray and rostral ventromedial medulla disrupt antinociceptive but not cardiovascular aversive conditional responses

FJ Helmstetter, SA Tershner - Journal of Neuroscience, 1994 - Soc Neuroscience
… Examples of typical large and small lesions of the ventral (left) and dorsal (right) periaqueductal
gray. Ventral lesions were normally centered on the midline and destroyed the dorsal …

Systemic morphine‐induced release of serotonin in the rostroventral medulla is not mimicked by morphine microinjection into the periaqueductal gray

BK Taylor, AI Basbaum - Journal of neurochemistry, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… 5-HT) release within the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM). We also injected morphine into
various sites along the rostrocaudal extent of the periaqueductal gray (PAG), and examined …

… of brainstem GABAergic circuitry to descending antinociceptive controls: I. GABA‐immunoreactive projection neurons in the periaqueductal gray and nucleus raphe …

DB Reichling, AI Basbaum - Journal of Comparative Neurology, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
… Based on the very small number of GABAergic neurons in the PAG that project to the medulla,
we also conclude that GABAergic elements that influence the pathway descending from …

Opioid inhibition of rat periaqueductal grey neurones with identified projections to rostral ventromedial medulla in vitro.

PB Osborne, CW Vaughan, HI Wilson… - The Journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
… Rat caudal periaqueductal grey (PAG) output neurones containing rhodamine microspheres,
retrogradely transported from an injection site in the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM), …