Effects of a partial agonist and a full antagonist acting at the glycine site of the NMDA receptor on inflammation-induced mechanical hyperalgesia in rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1487-1492

  Laird, J M A ^a,b   Mason, G S ^a   Webb, J ^a   Hill, R G ^a   Hargreaves, R J ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Campus Universitario   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Carrageenin; Glycine B receptor; N methyl D aspartate; Nociception; Pain

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 1 HYDROXY 4 METHYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; 7 CHLORO 4 HYDROXY 3 (3 PHENOXYPHENYL) 2 QUINOLONE; CARRAGEENAN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PARTIAL AGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029868926     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15311.x     Document Type: Article

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