Adenosine A1 receptor-mediated excitation of nociceptive afferents innervating the normal and arthritic rat knee joint

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1267-1271

  Dowd, E ^a   McQueen, D S ^a   Chessell, I P ^b   Humphrey, P P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A1 receptors; Adenosine; Arthritis; Nociception; Pain; Sensory neurones

Indexed keywords

6 N (2 HYDROXYCYCLOPENTYL)ADENOSINE; 6 N CYCLOPENTYLADENOSINE; 8 CYCLOPENTYL 1,3 DIPROPYLXANTHINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FREUND ADJUVANT; PENTOBARBITAL; 1,3-DIPROPYL-8-CYCLOPENTYLXANTHINE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N ((1S,TRANS) 2 HYDROXYCYCLOPENTYL)ADENOSINE; N(6) CYCLOPENTYLADENOSINE; N(6)-CYCLOPENTYLADENOSINE; N-((1S,TRANS)-2-HYDROXYCYCLOPENTYL)ADENOSINE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTHRITIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; INNERVATION; KNEE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; KNEE JOINT; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; XANTHINES;

EID: 0031593803     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702185     Document Type: Article

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