Effects of intrathecal administration of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors on carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1840-1846

  Osborne, Michael G ^a,b   Coderre, Terence J ^a,b,c  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nociception; Pain; Thermal hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5,6 DIHYDROMETHYLTHIAZINE; 3 BROMO 7 NITROINDAZOLE; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; AMINOGUANIDINE; CARRAGEENAN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARRAGEENAN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANIDINES; HYPERALGESIA; INDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032935049     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702508     Document Type: Article

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