Dexamethasone antagonizes morphine effects on GSSG levels

Biomedical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-92

  Cavallo, Federica ^a   Micheli, Lucia ^a   Giorgi, O ^a   Capasso, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoid; Glutathione disulphide; Hypermotility; Morphine

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

CAVIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34249937927     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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