A block of spinal nitric oxide synthesis leads to increased background activity predominantly in nociceptive dorsal horn neurones in the rat

Pain

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-257

  Hoheisel, U ^a   Unger, T ^a   Mense, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn neurones; Nitric oxide; Nociception; Spontaneous pain

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NOCICEPTORS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0034578802     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00336-5     Document Type: Article

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