Morphine antinociception elicited from the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray is sensitive to sex and gonadectomy differences in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 821, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 224-230

  Krzanowska, Eliza K ^a   Bodnar, Richard J ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult gonadectomy; Antinociception; Morphine; Pain; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MORPHINE; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JUMPING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHINE; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTIS;

EID: 0033528449     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01364-X     Document Type: Article

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