Antinociception induced by intravenous dipyrone (metamizol) upon dorsal horn neurons: Involvement of endogenous opioids at the periaqueductal gray matter, the nucleus raphe magnus, and the spinal cord in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1048, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 211-217

  Vazquez, Enrique ^a   Hernandez, Norma ^a   Escobar, William ^a   Vanegas, Horacio ^a  

^a Centro Biofisica/Bioquimica   (United States)

Author keywords

Descending pain control; Endogenous opioids; NSAIDs; Nucleus raphe magnus; Periaqueductal gray; Spinal nociceptive neurons

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIPYRONE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NALOXONE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 20444405711     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.04.083     Document Type: Article

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