Involvement of endogenous opioids and ATP-sensitive potassium channels in the mediation of carbachol-induced antinociception at the spinal level: A behavioral study in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 761, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 342-346

  Kang, Yu Ming ^a   Zhang, Ce ^a   Qiao, Jian Tian ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Atropine; Carbachol; Glibenclamide; Naloxone; Rat; Tail flick latency

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; MORPHINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBACHOL; FEMALE; GLYBURIDE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NOCICEPTORS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; TAIL;

EID: 0030812377     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00466-6     Document Type: Article

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