Nitric oxide in the rat spinal cord in Freund's adjuvant-induced hyperalgesia

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 327-335

  Yonehara, Norifumi ^a   Takemura, Motohide ^a   Yoshimura, Masakazu ^a   Iwase, Katsuya ^a   Seo, Han Geuk ^b   Taniguchi, Naoyuki ^b   Shingenaga, Yoshio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Dorsal horn; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Nociception

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; FREUND ADJUVANT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSATION; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATENT PERIOD; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0031475132     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.75.327     Document Type: Article

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