Opiate and acetylcholine-independent analgesic actions of crotoxin isolated from crotalus durissus terrificus venom

Toxicon

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-182

  Zhang, Hui Ling ^a   Han, Rong ^a   Chen, Zhi Xing ^a   Chen, Bo Wen ^a   Gu, Zhen Lun ^a   Reid, Paul F ^b   Raymond, Laurence N ^c   Qin, Zheng Hong ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Celtic Catalysts Ltd   (Ireland)

^c ReceptoPharm   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Atropine; Central nervous system; Crotoxin; Naloxone; Periaqueductal gray matter

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CROTOXIN; NALOXONE; OPIATE; SNAKE VENOM;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WRITHING TEST;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; CROTOXIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD;

CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS;

EID: 33746256089     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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