The effects of pyrilamine and cimetidine on mRNA C-Fos expression and nociceptive flinching behavior in rats

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 541-546

  Ashmawi, Hazem Adel ^a   Chambergo, Felipe S ^a   Araújo Palmeira, Cláudia C ^b   De Paula Posso, Irimar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Perola Byington   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MEPYRAMINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0042848796     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000068883.63751.F8     Document Type: Article

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