Antidepressant drugs and experimental inflammation

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 235-238

  Bianchi, Mauro ^a   Panerai, Alberto E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Hyperalgesia; Oedema; Prostaglandin; Substance P

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030130470     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1996.0032     Document Type: Article

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