Analgesic effects of intrathecal curcumin in the rat formalin test

Korean Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Han, Yong Ku ^a   Lee, Seong Heon ^a   Jeong, Hye Jin ^a   Kim, Min Sun ^a   Yoon, Myung Ha ^a   Kim, Woong Mo ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Curcumin; Formalin test; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RAT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 84861006262     PISSN: 20059159     EISSN: 20930569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3344/kjp.2012.25.1.1     Document Type: Article

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