Effects of voluntarily-ingested buprenorphine on plasma corticosterone levels, body weight, water intake, and behaviour in permanently catheterised rats

In Vivo

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-135

  Goldkuhl, Renée ^a   Hau, Jann ^b   Abelson, Klas S P ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Buprenorphine; Corticosterone; Rats; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FLUID INTAKE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; RECORDING;

EID: 77950622859     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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