Antinociceptive property of the nicotinic agonist AG-4 in rodents

Drug Development Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Ghelardini, Carla ^a,c   Galeotti, Nicoletta ^a   Gualtieri, Fulvio ^a   Bellucci, Cristina ^a   Manetti, Dina ^a   Borea, Pier Andrea ^b   Bartolini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Antinociception; Nicotinic agonist

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHYL 4 PHENYLPIPERAZINIUM; 3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 5 DIMETHYLAMINOMETHYL 2 METHYL 1 CYCLOPENTANONE METHYLIODIDE; [4 [(3 CHLOROPHENYL)CARBAMOYLOXY] 2 BUTYNYL]TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM; AG 4; ATROPINE; MECAMYLAMINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PEMPIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; GUINEA PIG; HOT PLATE TEST; ILEUM; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0030705184     PISSN: 02724391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2299(199705)41:1<1::AID-DDR1>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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