Specificity of female and male sex hormones on excitatory and inhibitory phases of formalin-induced nociceptive responses

Brain Research

Volumn 1052, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-111

  Gaumond, Isabelle ^a   Arsenault, Pierre ^b   Marchand, Serge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Formalin test; Interphase; Nociception; Sex difference; Sex hormone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FORMALDEHYDE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOALGESIA; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERPHASE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23644457656     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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