Interactions of acute morphine with chronic imipramine and fluvoxamine treatment on the antinociceptive effect in arthritic rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Gutierrez M ^a   Ortega Alvaro A ^a   Gibert Rahola, J ^a   Mico J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Fluvoxamine; Imipramine; Morphine; Rat; Systemic arthritis

Indexed keywords

FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; MORPHINE; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LIMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0242627625     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.08.020     Document Type: Article

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