Sex differences in anti-allodynic, anti-hyperalgesic and anti-edema effects of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the rat

Pain

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1709-1717

  Craft, Rebecca M ^a   Kandasamy, Ram ^a   Davis, Seth M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoids; Inflammatory pain; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

5 (4 CHLORO 3 METHYLPHENYL) 1 (4 METHYLBENZYL) N (1,3,3 TRIMETHYLBICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTAN 2 YL) 3 PYRAZOLECARBOXAMIDE; FREUND ADJUVANT; RIMONABANT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CANNABINOIDS; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; SEX DIFFERENCES;

ANIMALS; BORNANES; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRONABINOL; EDEMA; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881661989     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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