Cannabinoid modulation of wide dynamic range neurons in the lumbar dorsal horn of the rat by spinally administered WIN55,212-2

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 119-122

  Hohmann, Andrea G ^a,b   Tsou, Kang ^a   Michael Walker, J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; Electrophysiology; Intrathecal; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CANNABINOID; RIMONABANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR SPINE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032484245     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00802-7     Document Type: Article

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