Peripheral amitriptyline suppresses formalin-induced Fos expression in the rat spinal cord

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 427-431

  Heughan, Caroline E ^a   Allen, Gary V ^a   Chase, Teena D ^a   Sawynok, Jana ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; FORMALDEHYDE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LICKING; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0036150490     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200202000-00038     Document Type: Article

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