Opioid neurotoxicity: Comparison of morphine and tramadol in an experimental model

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1001-1011

  Atici, Sebnem ^a,b   Cinel, Leyla ^a   Cinel, Ismail ^a   Doruk, Nurcan ^a   Aktekin, Mustafa ^a   Akca, Almila ^a   Camdeviren, Handan ^a   Oral, Ugur ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Morphine; Opioid neurotoxicity; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OPIATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRAMADOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRAMADOL;

EID: 3142784508     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450490461314     Document Type: Article

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