Influence of preferred foodstuffs on the antinociceptive effects of orally administered buprenorphine in laboratory rats

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-58

  Leach, Matthew C ^a   Forrester, Alison R ^a   Flecknell, Paul A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Buprenorphine; Hargreaves assay; Oral administration; Rat

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RAT; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BUPRENORPHINE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GELATIN; HOT TEMPERATURE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 75449120467     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2009.009029     Document Type: Article

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