Effects of spinally administered P2X receptor agonists and antagonists on the responses of dorsal horn neurones recorded in normal, carrageenan-inflamed and neuropathic rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 351-359

  Stanfa, Louise C ^a   Kontinen, Vesa K ^a   Dickenson, Anthony H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A,B methylene ATP; B, methylene L ATP; Carrageenan inflammation; Neuropathic; Nociception; P2X; PPADS; Spinal cord; Suramin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID; SURAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL NERVE;

EID: 0033979833     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703047     Document Type: Article

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