l‐Arginine exerts a dual role in nociceptive processing in the brain: involvement of the kyotorphin‐Met‐enkephalin pathway and NO‐cyclic GMP pathway

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 73-79

  Kawabata, Atsufumi ^a   Umeda, Nahoko ^a   Takagi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyclic GMP; d NG nitroarginine; enkephalin; kyotorphin; l Arginine; l NG nitroarginine; methylene blue; nitric oxide; nociceptive modulation

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DIBUTYRYL CYCLIC GMP; KYOTORPHIN; LEUCYLARGININE; METENKEPHALIN; METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NALOXONE; NALTRINDOLE; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANALGESICS; ANIMAL; ARGININE; BRAIN; CYCLIC GMP; ENDORPHINS; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL CORD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027533583     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13533.x     Document Type: Article

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