Chronic blockade of melanocortin receptors alleviates allodynia in rats with neuropathic pain

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1572-1577

  Vrinten, Dorien H ^a   Adan, Roger A H ^a   Groen, Gerbrand J ^a   Gispen, Willem Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA MELANOTROPIN[4-10]; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N ACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4-10]CYCLO[4 NORLEUCINE 5 ASPARTIC ACID 7 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINE] 10 LYSINAMIDE]; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TIZANIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CISTERNA MAGNA; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035193530     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200112000-00052     Document Type: Article

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