Neurochemical changes after morphine, dizocilpine or riluzole in the ventral posterolateral thalamic nuclei of rats with hyperalgesia

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 67-74

  Abarca, Carolina ^a   Silva, Elizabeth ^b   Sepúlveda, M Jacqueline ^a   Oliva, Patricio ^a   Contreras, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Dizocilpine; Excitatory amino acid; Hyperalgesia; Morphine; Riluzole; Ventral posterolateral nucleus

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARRAGEENAN; CITRULLINE; DIZOCILPINE; DRUG RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NALOXONE; RILUZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARRAGEENAN; CITRULLINE; DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MORPHINE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RILUZOLE; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0034284384     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(00)00502-1     Document Type: Article

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