Intrathecal administration of the adenosine A1 receptor agonist R- phenylisopropyl adenosine reduces presumed pain behaviour in a rat model of central pain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 89-92

  Sjölund, Karl Fredrik ^a   Von Heijne, Margareta ^a   Hao, Jing Xia ^b   Xu, Xiao Jun ^b   Sollevi, Alf ^c   Wiesenfeld Hallin, Zsuzsanna ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Div Clin Neurophysiol   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Adenosine analogue; Allodynia; Antinociception; Central pain; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; PHENYLISOPROPYLADENOSINE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0344352468     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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