The role of corticosterone in the blockade of tolerance to morphine analgesia by formalin-induced pain in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 139-142

  Vaccarino, Anthony L ^a   Nores, William L ^a   Soignier, R Denis ^a   Olson, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Metyrapone; Stress; Tail flick

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; KYNURENIC ACID; MORPHINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; METYRAPONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; PAIN; RATS;

EID: 0030822660     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00616-2     Document Type: Article

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