Involvement of endogenous opioids and ATP-sensitive potassium channels in the mediation of apomorphine-induced antinociception at the spinal level: A study using EMG planimetry of flexor reflex in rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-318

  Hu, Wei Min ^a   Kang, Yu Ming ^a   Qiao, Jian Tian ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Apomorphine; Glibenclamide; Naloxone; Rats; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; APOMORPHINE; CARBACHOL; DOPAMINE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; OPIATE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXOR REFLEX; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLYBURIDE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NOCICEPTORS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032903486     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00002-7     Document Type: Article

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