Enhancing effect of dimethyl sulfoxide on nociceptive transmission in isolated spinal cord of newborn rat

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-179

  Kubota, Kazufumi ^a   Fujibayashi, Kenji ^a   Saito, Koji ^a  

^a Biological Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dimethyl sulfoxide; Newborn rat; Nociceptive transmission; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CAPSAICIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EDROPHONIUM; HEXAMETHONIUM; SUBSTANCE P; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAPSAICIN; CHOLINESTERASES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PAIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0031863084     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00313-6     Document Type: Article

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