Synergestic Antinociceptive Effect of Amitriptyline and Morphine in the Rat Orofacial Formalin Test

Anesthesiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 690-696

  Luccarini, Philippe ^a   Perrier, Laurent ^a   Dégoulange, Céline ^a   Gaydier, Anne Marie ^b   Dallel, Radhouane ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; FORMALDEHYDE; MORPHINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FACE PAIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; FACIAL PAIN; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 1442332680     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200403000-00033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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