Involvement of endogenous beta-endorphin in antinociception in the arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus in rats with inflammation

Pain

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-63

  Sun, Yan Gang ^a   Lundeberg, Thomas ^b,c   Yu, Long Chuan ^a,b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Beta endorphin; Beta funaltrexamine; Hyperalgesia; Inflammation; Mu opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; CARRAGEENAN; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NALOXONE; NALTRINDOLE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HOT PLATE TEST; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFLAMMATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0038162235     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00464-5     Document Type: Article

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