Effect of morphine-induced antinociception is altered by AF64A-induced lesions on cholinergic neurons in rat nucleus raphe magnus

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 961-966

  Abe, Kenji ^a   Ishida, Kota ^a   Kato, Masatoshi ^a   Shigenaga, Toshiro ^a   Taguchi, Kyoji ^a   Miyatake, Tadashi ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cholinergic fibers; Morphine; Raphe nuclei; Rats

Indexed keywords

ETHYLCHOLINE MUSTARD AZIRIDINIUM; MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; HOT PLATE TEST; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AZIRIDINES; CHOLINE; MALE; MORPHINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; NEURONS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0036842408     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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