Activation of the nociceptin opioid system in rat sensory neurons produces antinociceptive effects in inflammatory pain: Involvement of inflammatory mediators

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1478-1488

  Chen, Yong ^a,b   Sommer, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglia; Inflammatory mediators; Nociceptin; Opioid receptor like 1 receptor; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOCICEPTIN; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIOID RECEPTOR LIKE 1 RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SPINAL CORD; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 34248137901     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21272     Document Type: Article

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