Involvement of the spinal serotonergic system in analgesia produced by castration

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 467-471

  Nayebi, Ali Reza ^a   Ahmadiani, Abolhassan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Castration; Formalin test; Microdialysis; Serotonin; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FLUTAMIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ANALGESIA; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; FLUTAMIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NOCICEPTORS; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SPINAL CORD; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032847528     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00113-6     Document Type: Article

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