Central effect of ketorolac involving NMDA receptors activity

Brain Research

Volumn 813, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 223-226

  Sotgiu, Maria Luisa ^a   Biella, Gabriele ^a,b   Formaglio, Fabio ^c   Marchettini, Paolo ^c  

^a Istituto Nazionale di Neuroscienze   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c DSNP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Iontophoresis; Ketorolac; NMDA receptor; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; KETOR; KETOROLAC; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXCITATION; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; IONTOPHORESIS; KETOROLAC; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOLMETIN;

EID: 0032583270     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01045-2     Document Type: Article

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