Sex-related differences in the antinociceptive effects of opioids: Importance of rat genotype, nociceptive stimulus intensity, and efficacy at the μ opioid receptor

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 430-442

  Cook, Charles D ^a   Barrett, Andrew C ^a   Roach, Emily L ^a   Bowman, Joseph R ^a   Picker, Mitchell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Efficacy; Genotype; Opioid; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; BUTORPHANOL; DEZOCINE; ETORPHINE; LEVORPHANOL; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALBUPHINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BUPRENORPHINE; BUTORPHANOL; CYCLOPARAFFINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETORPHINE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LEVORPHANOL; MALE; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033926592     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130000453     Document Type: Article

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