Selective depression of dorsal root-evoked high threshold synaptic excitation by the selective κ opioid receptor agonist enadoline in the neonatal rat hemisected spinal cord in vitro

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 745-750

  Faber, E S L ^a   Chambers, J P ^a,b   Evans, R H ^a  

^a Dept Anat Sch Med Sci U   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Enadoline; Morphine; Spinal cord; Ventral root potentials

Indexed keywords

ENADOLINE; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE FIBER C; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL REFLEX; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZOFURANS; MORPHINE; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031840197     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(98)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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