Electroacupuncture potentiates the antinociceptive effect of intrathecal endomorphin-1 in the rat formalin test

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-12

  Hao, Shuanglin ^a   Takahata, Osamu ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroacupuncture; Endomorphin 1; Formalin test; Potentiation

Indexed keywords

ENDOMORPHIN 1; FORMALDEHYDE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; NALTREXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 0034674612     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01155-1     Document Type: Article

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