Intrathecal injection of glutamate receptor antagonists/agonist selectively attenuated rat pain-related behaviors induced by the venom of scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1073-1084

  Liu, Tong ^b   Pang, Xue Yan ^a   Bai, Zhan Tao ^b   Chai, Zhi Fang ^b   Jiang, Feng ^a   Ji, Yong Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

BmK venom; Glutamate receptors; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Spontaneous pain; Thermal hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRROLIDINE 2,4 DICARBOXYLATE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO 3 PHOSPHONOPROPIONIC ACID; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR AGONIST; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERALGESIA; LICKING; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ALANINE; ANIMALS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; PAIN; PROLINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SCORPION VENOMS;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; RATTUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 36148936017     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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