Attenuation of neuropathic pain by the nociceptin/orphanin FQ antagonist JTC-801 is mediated by inhibition of nitric oxide production

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1384-1392

  Mabuchi, Tamaki ^a   Matsumura, Shinji ^a   Okuda Ashitaka, Emiko ^a,b   Kitano, Takahiro ^a   Kojima, Hirotatsu ^c   Nagano, Tetsuo ^c   Minami, Toshiaki ^d   Ito, Seiji ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diaminofluorescein FM; JTC 801; Mice; NADPH diaphorase

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; N (4 AMINO 2 METHYL 6 QUINOLINYL) 2 (4 ETHYLPHENOXYMETHYL)BENZAMIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOCICEPTIN; NOCICEPTIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE;

AMINOQUINOLINES; ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURALGIA; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037655039     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02575.x     Document Type: Article

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