Systemic agmatine attenuates tactile allodynia in two experimental neuropathic pain models in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-90

  Karadag, Hakan C ^a   Ulugol, Ahmet ^a   Tamer, Melek ^a   Ipci, Yesim ^a   Dokmeci, Ismet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Allodynia; Diabetes; Neuropathy; Pain; Spinal nerve ligation

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; AGMATINE; DIZOCILPINE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N NITRO ARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL NERVE; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 0037435382     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01456-8     Document Type: Article

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