Sex affects the feeling of pain in the mice, possible involvement of nitric oxide

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Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 116-119

  Fatehi Hassanabad, Zahra ^a   Jafarzadeh, Mostafa ^a   Fatehi, Mohammad ^a   Razavi Tossi, Mohammad Taghi ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mouse; Nitric oxide; Pain; Sex

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAT; HOT PLATE TEST; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 31544458714     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: 15608115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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