The analgesia-enhancing component of ingested amniotic fluid does not affect nicotine-induced antinociception in naltrexone-treated rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-151

  Robinson Vanderwerf, T M ^a   Di Pirro, J M ^a   Caggiula, A R ^b   Kristal, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Analgesia; Antinociception; Hot plate; Nicotine; Pain; Placenta; POEF; Rat

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NICOTINE;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOT PLATE TEST; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; RATS; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030792650     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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