Involvement of nitric oxide in clonidine-induced spinal analgesia

Drug Metabolism and Drug Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-53

  Aronov, Stela ^a   Ben Abraham, Ron ^b   Givati Divshi, Dafha ^c   Katz, Yeshayahu ^a,d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Clonidine; Mouse; Nitric oxide; Spinal injection; Tail flick

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CLONIDINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 23744452065     PISSN: 07925077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/DMDI.2005.21.1.41     Document Type: Article

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