Gonadal steroid hormone modulation of nociception, morphine antinociception and reproductive indices in male and female rats

Pain

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-302

  Stoffel, Erin C ^a   Ulibarri, Catherine M ^a   Craft, Rebecca M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Estrogen; Gender; Pain; Progesterone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; DRUG VEHICLE; ESTRADIOL; MORPHINE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HOT PLATE TEST; IMPLANTATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037678778     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3959(02)00457-8     Document Type: Article

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