Nitrous oxide (N2O) prevents latent pain sensitization and long-term anxiety-like behavior in pain and opioid-experienced rats

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 733-740

  Bessière, Baptiste ^a,c   Richebé, Philippe ^a,b   Laboureyras, Emilie ^a   Laulin, Jean Paul ^a   Contarino, Angelo ^a   Simonnet, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c AIR LIQUIDE   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Nitrous oxide; Opioid; Pain sensitization; Rehabilitation; Stress

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; FENTANYL CITRATE; KALINOX; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FENTANYL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GAS; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRESS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FENTANYL; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS;

EID: 35148813172     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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