Sensitization of the tail-flick reflex following exposure to either a single prolonged test trial or behavioral testing under the analgesic influence of morphine

Pain

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 163-172

  Baldwin, Anne E ^a   Timothy Cannon, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Morphine; Naltrexone; Nociception; Sensitization; Tail flick

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALTREXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ETIOLOGY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030247180     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)03084-9     Document Type: Article

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