Analgesia induced by chronic nicotine infusion in rats: Differences by gender and pain test

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-45

  Carstens, E ^a   Anderson, K A ^a   Simons, C T ^a   Carstens, M I ^a   Jinks, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Antinociception; Gender; Hot plate; Nicotine; Tail flick

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOT PLATE TEST; HYPERALGESIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOKING; TAIL FLICK TEST; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; NICOTINE; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034879591     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130100770     Document Type: Article

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