Topical cannabinoid agonist, WIN55,212-2, reduces cornea-evoked trigeminal brainstem activity in the rat

Pain

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 547-556

  Bereiter, D A ^a   Bereiter, D F ^a   Hirata, H ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptors; Cornea; Medullary dorsal horn; Nociception

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; CANNABINOID; CARBON DIOXIDE; MORPHINE SULFATE; PROTEIN FOS; RECEPTOR; RIMONABANT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DRUG EFFECT; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CANNABINOIDS; CORNEA; GENES, FOS; MALE; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0036805146     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00271-3     Document Type: Article

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