Cortistatin, a modulatory peptide of sleep and memory, induces analgesia in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 354, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-244

  Méndez Díaz, Mónica ^a   Guevara Martínez, Marcela ^a   Alquicira, Cynthia R ^a   Guzmán Vásquez, Khalil ^a   Prospéro García, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cortistatin; Diurnal variation; Hippocampus; Hot plate; Motor control; Pain

Indexed keywords

CORTISTATIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MALE; MEMORY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SLEEP;

EID: 0347683379     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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