Absence of nalbuphine anti-analgesia in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 345, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-168

  Khasar, Sachia G ^a   Gear, Robert W ^a   Levine, Jon D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Antinociception; Kappa agonist antagonist opioid; Nociception; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

NALBUPHINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0037756700     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00538-X     Document Type: Article

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