Differential antinociceptive effects of spinal opioids on foot withdrawal responses evoked by C fibre or Aδ nociceptor activation

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1210-1216

  Lu, Y ^a   Pirec, V ^a   Yeomans, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

, and receptors; A ; C fibre; Nociception; Nociceptor; Opioids

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO SERINE 6 THREONINE]; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; NALOXONAZINE; OPIATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOT; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; NERVE FIBERS; NOCICEPTORS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030739447     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701239     Document Type: Article

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