The antinociceptive effect of fluvoxamine

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 281-284

  Schreiber, Shaul ^a   Backer, Maria M ^b   Yanai, Joseph ^c   Pick, Chaim G ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

analgesia; antidepressants; fluvoxamine; hotplate; opioid receptor subtypes; pain; SSRI's

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE METHANESULFONATE; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; FLUVOXAMINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUVOXAMINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PAIN; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0030294359     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(96)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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