Duration of desensitization and ultrastructural changes in dorsal root ganglia in rats treated with resiniferatoxin, an ultrapotent capsaicin analog

Brain Research

Volumn 503, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 68-72

  Szallasi, Arpad ^a   Joo, Ferenc ^b   Blumberg, Peter M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin analog; Desensitization; Dorsal root ganglion; Resiniferatoxin

Indexed keywords

RESINIFERATOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CAPSAICIN; DITERPENES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG TOLERANCE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPOTHERMIA; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS;

EID: 0024420674     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(89)91705-8     Document Type: Article

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