Age- and temperature-dependent effects of opioids on medulla oblongata respiratory activity: An in vitro study in newborn rat

Brain Research

Volumn 800, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 308-311

  Takita, Koichi ^a,b   Herlenius, Eric ^b   Lindahl, Sten G E ^b   Yamamoto, Yuji ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Brainstem; In vitro; Newborn rat; Opioid; Respiration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SPINAL CORD; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

3,4-DICHLORO-N-METHYL-N-(2-(1-PYRROLIDINYL)-CYCLOHEXYL)-BENZENEACETAMIDE, (TRANS)-ISOMER; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ENKEPHALIN, D-PENICILLAMINE (2,5)-; ENKEPHALINS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATION; SPINAL CORD; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032480002     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00476-4     Document Type: Article

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