Involvement of endogenous opioid system in scorpion toxin-induced antinociception in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 482, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Martin Eauclaire, Marie France ^a   Abbas, Najwa ^a   Sauze, Nicole ^a   Mercier, Laurence ^b   Berge Lefranc, Jean Louis ^b   Condo, Jocelyne ^c   Bougis, Pierre E ^a   Guieu, Régis ^b,c  

^a University of Mediterranée   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Diffuse noxious inhibitory control; Opioids; Scorpion toxins; Voltage gated sodium channels

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; KETOPROFEN; MESSENGER RNA; NALOXONE; OPIATE; PROTEIN C FOS; SCORPION ALPHA TOXIN; SCORPION BETA TOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOT PLATE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TAIL FLICK TEST; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 77955549287     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.090     Document Type: Article

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