Role of endogenous glucocorticoids in hyperalgesia and edema in old arthritic rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-83

  Yokoro, C M ^a   Tatsuo, M A K F ^a   Pereira, L S M ^a   Alves, D L F ^a   Francischi, J N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Adrenalectomy; Dexamethasone; Edema; Hyperalgesia; Old rats

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPERALGESIA; MONITORING; MYCOBACTERIUM BUTYRICUM; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BUTYRICUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037285910     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003000100011     Document Type: Article

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