The cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist, SR141716A, selectively facilitates nociceptive responses of dorsal horn neurones in the rat

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1765-1767

  Chapman, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptor antagonism; Nociception; Spinal neurones

Indexed keywords

5 (4 CHLORO 3 METHYLPHENYL) 1 (4 METHYLBENZYL) N (1,3,3 TRIMETHYLBICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTAN 2 YL) 3 PYRAZOLECARBOXAMIDE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR CB2, RAT; DRUG RECEPTOR; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; NERVE FIBER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; NERVE FIBERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032588146     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702758     Document Type: Article

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