Lack of analgesic efficacy in female rats of the commonly recommended oral dose of buprenorphine

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 13-16

  Thompson, Alexis C ^a   DiPirro, Jean M ^b   Sylvester, Ahmad R ^c   Martin, Lisa B E ^d   Kristal, Mark B ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; LONG EVANS RAT; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PROESTRUS; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

RATTUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BUPRENORPHINE; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 33847168053     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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