Differential sensory-motor effects of pentobarbital in intact rats genetically selected for high vs. low neuropathic pain-related behaviour

Pain

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 295-303

  Vatine, Jean Jacques ^a   Ratner, Alexander ^b   Rosen, Denis ^c   Seltzer, Ze'Ev ^b,c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

CNS inhibition; GABA system; Genetic predisposition; Motor behaviour; Neuropathic pain; Pentobarbital; Rat lines; Sensory testing

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEURALGIA; NONHUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PENTOBARBITAL; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RHIZOTOMY; SELF MUTILATION; SENSATION;

EID: 0031921957     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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