Evaluation of morphine analgesia and motor coordination in mice following cortex-specific knockout of the N-methyl-d-aspartate NR1-subunit

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 437, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-58

  Quintero, Gabriel C ^a,c   Erzurumlu, Reha S ^a,b   Vaccarino, Anthony L ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Knockout; Morphine; Motor coordination; NMDA receptor; Noxious thermal stimuli

Indexed keywords

IFENPRODIL; MORPHINE; N METHYL D ASPARTATE NR1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HOT PLATE TEST; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMAL STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 42749097240     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.03.077     Document Type: Article

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