Characterization of scratching responses in rats following centrally administered morphine or bombesin

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 501-508

  Lee, H ^a   Naughton, N N ^b   Woods, J H ^b   Ko, M C H ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombesin; Itch sensation; Mu opioid receptors; Pruritus; Rat; Scratching

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HINDLIMB; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SCRATCHING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANTIPRURITICS; BOMBESIN; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GROOMING; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PREMEDICATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SPINAL CORD; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1442348149     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200311000-00002     Document Type: Article

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