Enkephalin release and opioid receptor activation does not mediate the antinociceptive or sedative/hypnotic effects of nitrous oxide

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 427, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-35

  Kingery, Wade S ^a,c   Sawamura, Shigehito ^a,c   Agashe, Geeta S ^a,c   Davies, M Frances ^a,c   Clark, J David ^a,c   Zimmer, Andreas ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anesthesia; Fos immunoreactivity; Nitrous oxide; Opioid

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PREPROENKEPHALIN; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; HOT PLATE TEST; HYPNOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX; SEDATION; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENKEPHALINS; GENOTYPE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NALTREXONE; NEURONS; NITROUS OXIDE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID;

EID: 0035823045     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(01)01193-1     Document Type: Article

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