Sex differences in cholinergic analgesia I: A supplemental nicotinic mechanism in normal females

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1447-1454

  Chiari, Astrid ^a   Tobin, Joseph R ^b   Pan, Hui Lin ^b   Hood, David D ^b   Eisenach, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscarinic; Neostigmine; Noradrenergic; Pain; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETHANECHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MECAMYLAMINE; N METHYL 4 (3 PYRIDINYL) 3 BUTENAMINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PHENTOLAMINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEOSTIGMINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032753313     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199911000-00038     Document Type: Article

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