Absence of antinociceptive tolerance to improgan, a cimetidine analog, in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 814, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 218-221

  Bannoura, Michelle D ^a   Nalwalk, Julia W ^a   Tang, Yuming ^a   Carlile, Maryellen ^a   Leurs, Rob ^b   Menge, Wiro M P B ^b   Timmerman, Henk ^b   Hough, Lindsay B ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Improgan; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; IMPROGAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; CIMETIDINE; DRUG TOLERANCE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032517755     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01024-5     Document Type: Article

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