The role of adrenocorticotropic hormone in the inhibition of pain reactions in conscious rats

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 575-578

  Bogdanov, A I ^a   Yarushkina, N I ^a  

^a PAVLOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

ACTH; Glucocorticoids; Opiate receptors; Pain sensitivity; Rats

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TAIL FLICK TEST; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEAT; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 4344624353     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEAB.0000028287.61380.05     Document Type: Article

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