The role of gonadal hormones on opioid receptor protein density in arthritic rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 578, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 177-184

  Kren, Matthew C ^a   Haller, Victoria L ^a   Welch, Sandra P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Arthritis; Gonadal hormones; Opioids

Indexed keywords

DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; FREUND ADJUVANT; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; FEMALE; GONAD; GONADECTOMY; HYPERALGESIA; LEWIS RAT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349090025     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.08.036     Document Type: Article

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