The antinociceptive effect of moclobemide in mice is mediated by noradrenergic pathways

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-186

  Schreiber, Shaul ^a   Getslev, Valery ^b   Weizman, Abraham ^c   Pick, Chaim G ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Moclobemide; Monoamine oxidase A; Noradrenaline; Opioid receptor subtypes; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CLONIDINE; MOCLOBEMIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; METERGOLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOCLOBEMIDE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SEROTONIN; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0032480233     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00638-7     Document Type: Article

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