Activation of peripheral cannabinoid CB1 receptors inhibits mechanically evoked responses of spinal neurons in noninflamed rats and rats with hindpaw inflammation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2239-2243

  Kelly, Sara ^a   Jhaveri, Maulik D ^a   Sagar, Devi R ^a   Kendall, David A ^a   Chapman, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CB1 receptor; Inflammation; Nociception; Peripheral

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONYL 2 CHLOROETHYLAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CARRAGEENAN; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CARRAGEENAN; DITERPENES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HINDLIMB; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PIPERIDINES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTORS, DRUG; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642422400     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02957.x     Document Type: Article

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