Estrogen and progesterone activate spinal kappa-opiate receptor analgesic mechanisms

Pain

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 169-177

  Dawson Basoa, Mary E ^a   Gintzler, Alan R ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Dynorphin; Pregnancy; Sex steroid; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE METHANESULFONATE; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLARGINYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; DYNORPHIN; ESTRADIOL; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; SUFENTANIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029671067     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(95)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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