Arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus involved in analgesic action of l-THP

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 439-444

  Hu, Jiang Yuan ^a,b   Jin, Guo Zhang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Arcuate nucleus; Corpus striatum; Endorphins; Horseradish peroxidase; Naloxone; Nucleus accumbens; PAG; Tetrahydropalmatine

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; NALOXONE; TETRAHYDROPALMATINE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HABENULA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BERBERINE ALKALOIDS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NALOXONE; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0034030349     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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