Involvement of spinal Met-enkephalin in nicotine-induced antinociception in mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1189, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-77

  Kiguchi, Norikazu ^a   Maeda, Takehiko ^a   Tsuruga, Mie ^a   Yamamoto, Akihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Chizuko ^a   Ozaki, Masanobu ^b   Kishioka, Shiroh ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Endogenous opioid; Met ENK; Nicotine; ppENK mRNA; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN; ENDORPHIN; MECAMYLAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; METENKEPHALIN; NALOXONE; NICOTINE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PREPRODYNORPHIN; PREPROENKEPHALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ENKEPHALIN; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PRE PRODYNORPHIN; PRE-PRODYNORPHIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; SECRETION;

MUS;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; DYNORPHINS; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; ENKEPHALINS; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 44449148469     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.10.086     Document Type: Article

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