Adenosine receptor activation suppresses tactile hypersensitivity and potentiates spinal cord stimulation in mononeuropathic rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 173-176

  Cui, Jian Guo ^a   Sollevi, Alf ^a   Linderoth, Bengt ^a   Meyerson, Björn A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adenosine; antinociception; cyclopentylxanthine; mononeuropathy; neuropathic pain; R phenylisopropyladenosine; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CYCLOPENTYLXANTHINE; PHENYLISOPROPYLADENOSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HYPERESTHESIA; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LIGATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHENYLISOPROPYLADENOSINE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPINAL CORD; TOUCH;

EID: 0000707976     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13435-8     Document Type: Article

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