Aspects on tail-flick, hot-plate and electrical stimulation tests for morphine antinociception

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 252-258

  Gårdmark, Marie ^a   Höglund, A Urban ^a   Hammarlund Udenaes, Margareta ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HOT PLATE TEST; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031772025     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1998.tb01478.x     Document Type: Article

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