Melatonin administration reduces inflammatory pain in rats

Journal of Pain Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 359-362

  Laste, Gabriela ^a,b,c   de Macedo, Isabel Cristina ^a,c   Rozisky, Joanna Ripoll ^a,b,c   da Silva, Fernanda Ribeiro ^a,c   Caumo, Wolnei ^a,b   Torres, Iraci L S ^a,b,c  

^a Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analgesic response; Complete Freund's adjuvant; Hot plate test; Inflammation; Melatonin; Nociception

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; HOT PLATE TEST; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RAT;

EID: 84874983441     PISSN: 11787090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S34019     Document Type: Article

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