PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 11125002-2 2000 Having established that N(2)O-induced release of norepinephrine mediates the analgesic action at alpha(2) adrenoceptors in the spinal cord, we now investigated whether activation of noradrenergic nuclei in the brainstem is responsible for this analgesic action and which alpha(2) adrenoceptor subtype mediates this property. Nitrous Oxide 24-29 adrenergic receptor, alpha 2a Mus musculus 97-119