Estrogen-dependent, sex-specific modulation of mustard oil-induced secondary thermal hyperalgesia by orphanin FQ in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 456, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-63

  Claiborne, Jomo A ^a   Nag, Subodh ^a   Mokha, Sukhbir S ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mustard oil; Nociception; Orphanin FQ; Sex differences; Spinal cord; Tail flick

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; NOCICEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HYPERALGESIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPERALGESIA; IRRITANTS; MALE; MUSTARD PLANT; OPIOID PEPTIDES; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 64749107740     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.03.106     Document Type: Article

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