Capsaicin-induced avoidance behavior in the terrestrial Gastropoda Megalobulimus abbreviatus: Evidence for TRPV-1 signaling and opioid modulation in response to chemical noxious stimuli

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 286-291

  Kalil Gaspar, Pedro ^a,b   Marcuzzo, Simone ^a,b   Rigon, Paula ^a,b   Molina, Cynthia Goulart ^b   Achaval, Matilde ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Inst Cie Basicas Da Saude U   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avoidance behavior; Capsaicin; Capsazepine; Ethanol; Morphine; Nociception; Snail

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CAPSAZEPINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; RUTHENIUM RED; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SNAIL; STUDENT T TEST; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; MEGALOBULIMUS; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 34547593986     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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