Progesterone attenuates persistent inflammatory hyperalgesia in female rats: Involvement of spinal NMDA receptor mechanisms

Brain Research

Volumn 865, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 272-277

  Ren, K ^a   Wei, F ^a   Dubner, R ^a   Murphy, A ^b   Hoffman, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Freund's adjuvant; Gender; Inflammation; Pain; Pain: pathways; Paw withdrawal response; Sensory systems

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; LACTATION; N-METHYLASPARTATE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034716963     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02267-8     Document Type: Article

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