Masayoshi Tsuruoka

Descending modulation from the region of the locus coeruleus on nociceptive sensitivity in a rat model of inflammatory hyperalgesia

Masayoshi Tsuruoka, William D. Willis · Brain Research · 1996 · 70 citations

Pain Syndrome, Health Sciences, Acute Pain +14

Bilateral lesions in the area of the nucleus locus coeruleus affect the development of hyperalgesia during carrageenan-induced inflammation

Masayoshi Tsuruoka, William D. Willis · Brain Research · 1996 · 62 citations

Inflammation, Nucleus Locus Coeruleus, Anti-inflammatory +14

Inhibitors of G-proteins and protein kinases reduce the sensitization to mechanical stimulation and the desensitization to heat of spinothalamic tract neurons induced by intradermal injection of capsaicin in the primate

Kathleen A. Sluka, H. Rees, P. S. Chen et al. · Experimental Brain Research · 1997 · 57 citations

Health Sciences, Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy +14

Unilateral hindpaw inflammation induces bilateral activation of the locus coeruleus and the nucleus subcoeruleus in the rat

Masayoshi Tsuruoka, Young‐Chang P. Arai, Hirofumi Nomura et al. · Brain Research Bulletin · 2003 · 44 citations

Inflammation, Neuroanatomy, Locus Coeruleus +9

Capsaicin-induced sensitization of primate spinothalamic tract cells is prevented by a protein kinase C inhibitor

Kathleen A. Sluka, H. Rees, Ping-Sun Chen et al. · Brain Research · 1997 · 43 citations

Signal Transduction, Medicine, Synaptic Transmission +10