Distinct inhibitory effects of spinal endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2 on evoked dorsal horn neuronal responses in the rat

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1537-1539

  Chapman, Victoria ^a   Diaz, Alvaro ^a   Dickenson, Anthony H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Endomorphin 1; Endomorphin 2; Intrathecal; Spinal neurones

Indexed keywords

ENDORPHIN; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031465356     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701594     Document Type: Article

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