Effects of the capsaicin analogue resiniferatoxin on spinal nociceptive mechanisms in the rat: Behavioral, electrophysiological and in situ hybridization studies

Brain Research

Volumn 752, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 52-60

  Xu, Xiao Jun ^a   Farkas Szallasi, Tünde ^a   Lundberg, Jan M ^a   Hökfelt, Tomas ^a   Wiesenfeld Hallin, Zsuzsanna ^a,b   Szallasi, Arpad ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

analgesia; C fiber; capsaicin; galanin; galanin message associated peptide; pain; resiniferatoxin

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN DERIVATIVE; RESINIFERATOXIN;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEAT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAPSAICIN; DITERPENES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GALANIN; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HEAT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030941590     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01444-8     Document Type: Article

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