Synergistic antihypersensitive effects of pregabalin and tapentadol in a rat model of neuropathic pain

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 666, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 72-79

  Christoph, Thomas ^a   De Vry, Jean ^a   Schiene, Klaus ^a   Tallarida, Ronald J ^b   Tzschentke, Thomas M ^a  

^a GRÜNENTHAL GMBH   (Germany)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interaction; Neuropathic pain; Pregabalin; Rat; Tapentadol

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PREGABALIN; TAPENTADOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE EQUIVALENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LIGATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORPHINE; NEURALGIA; OXYCODONE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 79959981723     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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