Novel, nonreflex tests detect analgesic action in rodents at clinically relevant concentrations

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1245, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-13

  Andrews, Nick ^a   Harper, Sinead ^a   Issop, Yasmin ^a   Rice, Andrew S C ^b  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Chronic pain; Rat

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BURROWING SPECIES; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; REARING; RODENT;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84855233104     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06342.x     Document Type: Article

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