Comparison of the spinal actions of the μ-opioid remifentanil with alfentanil and morphine in the rat

Anesthesiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 94-102

  Buerkle, Hartmut ^a,b   Yaksh, Tony L ^a,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesics, opioid: alfentanil; morphine; Receptor's opioid remifentanil; Sites of action: spinal cord; supraspinal

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; REMIFENTANIL;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD;

ALFENTANIL; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MORPHINE; NOCICEPTORS; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SPINAL CORD; VEHICLES;

EID: 0030038902     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199601000-00012     Document Type: Article

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