Substance P release in the cat spinal cord upon afferent C-fibre stimulation is not attenuated by clonidine at analgesic doses

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 216-219

  Zhao, Zhi Qi ^a,b   Lacey, Gary ^a   Hendry, Ian A ^a   Morton, Cecil R ^a  

^a Australian National University   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Antibody microprobe; Clonidine; Lignocaine; Spinal cord; Substance P

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; CLONIDINE; LIDOCAINE; SUBSTANCE P;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MICROANALYSIS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CATS; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LIDOCAINE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2342468035     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.12.070     Document Type: Article

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