Intrathecal Huperzine A increases thermal escape latency and decreases flinching behavior in the formalin test in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 470, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-9

  Park, Paula ^a   Schachter, Steven ^b   Yaksh, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase inhibitor; Spinal and analgesia

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUPERZINE A; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; LATENT PERIOD; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCRATCHING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TAIL;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATHETERIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HOT TEMPERATURE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SESQUITERPENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74149087512     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.12.033     Document Type: Article

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