Receptors involved in the antinociception of intrathecal melatonin in formalin test of rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 494, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-210

  Shin, Dong Jin ^a   Jeong, Chul Won ^a   Lee, Seong Heon ^a   Yoon, Myung Ha ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adrenergic or cholinergic receptors; Antinociception; Formalin test; Melatonin; Spinal cord; Sprague Dawley rat

Indexed keywords

ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; ATROPINE; FORMALDEHYDE; MECAMYLAMINE; MELATONIN; PRAZOSIN; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; FORMALDEHYDE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; IRRITANTS; MALE; MELATONIN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79954415551     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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