The antinociceptive effect of intrathecal escin in the rat formalin test

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 674, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 234-238

  Li, Qiang ^a   Ouyang, Handong ^b   Wang, Peizong ^c   Zeng, Weian ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

c Fos; Escin; Formalin test; p p38 MAPK

Indexed keywords

ESCIN; FORMALDEHYDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLINCHING RESPONSE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84855556945     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2011.10.025     Document Type: Article

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