Baclofen and midazolam alter c-fos induction by peripheral noxious or innocuous stimulation in the spinal cord of normal and monoarthritic rats

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1775-1788

  Castro, Ana Rita ^a   Bowery, Norman ^b   Castro Lopes, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baclofen; c fos; GABA receptors; Midazolam; Monoarthritis; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; BACLOFEN; FLUMAZENIL; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; GENES, FOS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032822057     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(99)00138-0     Document Type: Article

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