Corticotropin-releasing factor in antinociception and inflammation

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Schäfer, Michael ^a,b,c   Mousa, Shaaban A ^a,b   Stein, Christoph ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Opioid; Opioid receptor, peripheral; Pain; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIA; ANTINOCICEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; INFLAMMATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFLAMMATION; PAIN; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; STRESS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0343145704     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)00057-5     Document Type: Review

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