(+)-Morphine and (-)-morphine stereoselectively attenuate the (-)-morphine-produced tail-flick inhibition via the naloxone-sensitive sigma receptor in the ventral periaqueductal gray of the rat

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 571, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Terashvili, Maia ^a   Wu, Hsiang en ^a   Moore, Rachel M ^a   Harder, David R ^a   Tseng, Leon F ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

(Rat); Analgesia; Morphine; Opioid; Periaqueductal gray; Sigma receptors

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; N [2 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL] N METHYL 2 (DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYLAMINE DIHYDROBROMIDE; NALOXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; SIGMA OPIATE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; LIVER MEMBRANE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RECEPTORS, SIGMA; STEREOISOMERISM; TAIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548044285     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.05.033     Document Type: Article

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