Pain behavior and response properties of spinal dorsal horn neurons following experimental diabetic neuropathy in the rat: Modulation by nitecapone, a COMT inhibitor with antioxidant properties

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 425-434

  Pertovaara, Antti ^a,b   Wei, Hong ^a,b   Kalmari, Jaakko ^a   Ruotsalainen, Minna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c ORION CORPORATION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diabetic neuropathy; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Nitecapone; Rostroventromedial medulla; Spinal dorsal horn; Tactile allodynia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; LIDOCAINE; NALOXONE; NITECAPONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PENTOBARBITAL; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0035132956     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2000.7574     Document Type: Article

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