Testosterone affects formalin-induced responses differently in male and female rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 262-264

  Aloisi, Anna Maria ^a   Ceccarelli, Ilaria ^a   Fiorenzani, Paolo ^a   De Padova, Anna Maria ^a   Massafra, Cosimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Female; Formalin test; Male; Pain; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; INJECTION; LICKING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 2342638315     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.12.023     Document Type: Article

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