Involvement of imidazoline receptors in the centrally acting muscle-relaxant effects of tizanidine

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 445, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 187-193

  Honda, Motoko ^a,b   Sekiguchi, Yuko ^b   Sato, Naoko ^a   Ono, Hideki ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Imidazoline receptor; Muscle relaxation; Spinal reflex; Tizanidine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IDAZOXAN; IMIDAZOLINE ANTAGONIST; IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTOR; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PRAZOSIN; TIZANIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOHIMBINE; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT; CLONIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; DRUG RECEPTOR; IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTORS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL REFLEX; ANIMAL; CERVICAL SPINE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLONIDINE; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DRUG; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

EID: 0037066907     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(02)01664-3     Document Type: Article

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