Effects of intrathecal anandamide on somatosensory evoked responses in rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 386-390

  Sinan Bir, Levent ^a   Ercan, Sevim ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Cannabinoids; Central nervous system; Sensorial pathways; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANANDAMIDE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; MALE; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 30444455147     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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