Kappa antinociceptive activity of spiradoline in the cold-water tail- flick assay in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 467-472

  Briggs, Shannon L ^a   Rech, Richard H ^a   Sawyer, Donald C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A delta and C fibers; Antinociception nor BNI beta FNA; Enantiomers; Kappa opioid; Somatic pain; Spiradoline

Indexed keywords

BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; SPIRADOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST; WATER IMMERSION;

ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; COLD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG TOLERANCE; FENTANYL; MALE; METHADONE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0032100582     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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