The analgesic effect of electroacupuncture on inflammatory pain in the rat model of collagenase-induced arthritis: Mediation by opioidergic receptors

Rheumatology International

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1177-1183

  Seo, Byung Kwan ^a   Park, Dong Suk ^a   Baek, Yong Hyeon ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antinociceptive mechanism; Collagenase induced arthritis; Electroacupuncture; Opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGENASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DELTORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; NALOXONE; NALTRINDOLE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLLAGENASES; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; JOINTS; MALE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878012749     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-012-2502-5     Document Type: Article

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