Low doses of prazosin potantiates the antinociceptive / analgesic effect of amitriptyline;Düşük doz prazosin amitriptilin'in antinosiseptif / analjezik etkisini potansiyalize ediyor

Agri

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-56

  Büyükşekerci, Murat ^a,b   Gültekin, Hülya ^a,b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amitiptyline; Antinociception; Prazosin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; PRAZOSIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; HOT PLATE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEAT; MICE; PAIN; PRAZOSIN;

EID: 16244391091     PISSN: 13000012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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