Increase in testosterone metabolism in the rat central nervous system by formalin-induced tonic pain

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 199-204

  Amini, Hossein ^a   Ahmadiani, Abolhassan ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

5 Reductase; Brain; Formalin induced tonic pain; Rat; Serum; Spinal cord; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FINASTERIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CASTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERUM; SPINAL CORD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM; TONIC PAIN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FINASTERIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036887618     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(02)00986-3     Document Type: Article

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