Neonatal capsaicin attenuates mechanical nociception in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-143

  Khasar, Sachia G ^a   Levine, Jon D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A2 adenosine; C fiber; Nociception; Pain; Polymodal nociceptor; Prostaglandin E1; Prostaglandin E2

Indexed keywords

2 [4 (2 CARBOXYETHYL)PHENETHYLAMINO]ADENOSINE 5' (N ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); ADENOSINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAPSAICIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030025588     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12394-6     Document Type: Article

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