"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Periaqueductal Gray" by people in Profiles.
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Meeker TJ, Schmid AC, Keaser ML, Khan SA, Gullapalli RP, Dorsey SG, Greenspan JD, Seminowicz DA. Tonic pain alters functional connectivity of the descending pain modulatory network involving amygdala, periaqueductal gray, parabrachial nucleus and anterior cingulate cortex. Neuroimage. 2022 08 01; 256:119278.
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Torres-Rever?n A, Palermo K, Hern?ndez-L?pez A, Hern?ndez S, Cruz ML, Thompson KJ, Flores I, Appleyard CB. Endometriosis Is Associated With a Shift in MU Opioid and NMDA Receptor Expression in the Brain Periaqueductal Gray. Reprod Sci. 2016 09; 23(9):1158-67.
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Farmer DG, Bautista TG, Jones SE, Stanic D, Dutschmann M. The midbrain periaqueductal grey has no role in the generation of the respiratory motor pattern, but provides command function for the modulation of respiratory activity. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2014 Dec 01; 204:14-20.
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Smalls SL, Okere CO. Acute restraint increases varicosity density and reduces the inter-varicosity distance in NADPH diaphorase-containing neurons in the rat dorsolateral periaqueductal gray matter. Neurosci Lett. 2012 Mar 05; 511(1):23-7.
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Okere CO, Waterhouse BD. Acute capsaicin injection increases nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase staining independent of Fos activation in the rat dorsolateral periaqueductal gray. Neurosci Lett. 2006 Sep 01; 404(3):288-93.
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Lee CE, Kest B, Jenab S, Inturrisi CE. Effect of supraspinal antisense oligodeoxynucleotide treatment on delta-opioid receptor mRNA levels in mice. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1997 Aug; 48(1):17-22.
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Allen DL, Johnson AE, Tempel A, Zukin RS, Luine VN, McEwen BS. Serotonergic lesions decrease mu- and delta-opiate receptor binding in discrete areas of the hypothalamus and in the midbrain central gray. Brain Res. 1993 Oct 22; 625(2):269-75.
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Luine VN. Serotonin, catecholamines and metabolites in discrete brain areas in relation to lordotic responding on proestrus. Neuroendocrinology. 1993 May; 57(5):946-54.