Acupoint Stimulation With Diluted Bee Venom (Apipuncture) Potentiates the Analgesic Effect of Intrathecal Clonidine in the Rodent Formalin Test and in a Neuropathic Pain Model

Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-263

  Yoon, Seo Yeon ^a   Roh, Dae Hyun ^a   Kwon, Young Bae ^b   Kim, Hyun Woo ^c   Seo, Hyoung Sig ^a   Han, Ho Jae ^d   Lee, Hye Jung ^e   Beitz, Alvin J ^f   Lee, Jang Hern ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^e Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 adrenoceptor; Clonidine; diluted bee venom; formalin test; neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BEE VENOM; CLONIDINE; FORMALDEHYDE; IDAZOXAN; PROTEIN FOS;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APIPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; HEART RATE; HYPERALGESIA; HYPOTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEDATION; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; CLONIDINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HYPERALGESIA; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 60849102766     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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