Electroacupuncture, morphine and clonidine: A comparative study of analgesic effects

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-230

  Shankar, Nilima ^a   Varshney, Alok ^a   Bhattacharya, Abhijeet ^a   Sharma, Kamal N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; MORPHINE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CLONIDINE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MALE; MORPHINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029960563     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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