Investigating the role of anaesthetics on the rostral ventromedial medulla: implications for a GABAergic link between ON and OFF cells

The activity of neurons in the rostral medulla of the rat during withdrawal from noxious heat

H. L. Fields, John Bry, Ian D. Hentall et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 1983 · 495 citations · Full text

Neurotransmitter, Anesthetic Mechanism, Neuropathic Pain +20

Evidence that disinhibition of brain stem neurones contributes to morphine analgesia

Howard L. Fields, H. Vanegas, Ian D. Hentall et al. · Nature · 1983 · 247 citations

Health Sciences, Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy +14

Putative Nociceptive Modulating Neurons in the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla of the Rat: Firing of On- and Off-Cells Is Related to Nociceptive Responsiveness

Mary M. Heinricher, Nicholas M. Barbaro, Howard L. Fields · Somatosensory & Motor Research · 1989 · 183 citations

Putative pain modulating neurons in the rostral ventral medulla: Reflex-related activity predicts effects of morphine

Nicholas M. Barbaro, Mary M. Heinricher, Howard L. Fields · Brain Research · 1986 · 163 citations

Acute Pain, Pain Medicine, Neuropathic Pain +16

Morphine microinjected into the periaqueductal gray has differential effects on 3 classes of medullary neurons

Zhen-Feng Cheng, Howard L. Fields, Mary M. Heinricher · Brain Research · 1986 · 150 citations

Differential Effects, Medullary Neurons, Neurophysiology +12