Continuous perfusion with morphine of the orbitofrontal cortex reduces allodynia and hyperalgesia in a rat model for mononeuropathy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-31

  Al Amin, Hassen A ^a   Atweh, Samir F ^a   Baki, Samah Abdel ^a   Jabbur, Suhayl J ^a   Saadé, Nayef E ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Nociception; Opiates; Orbital area; Pain modulation; Pain tests; Plasticity; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERALGESIA; MONONEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOUCH;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FRONTAL LOBE; HYPERALGESIA; MONONEUROPATHIES; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942582358     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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