Evaluation of antinociceptive effect of pregabalin in mice and its combination with tramadol using tail flick test

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 483-493

  Keyhanfar, Fariborz ^a   Meymandi, Manzumeh Shamsi ^a,b   Sepehri, Gholamreza ^b   Rastegaryanzadeh, Ramin ^b   Heravi, Gioia ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Combination; Pregabalin; Tail fick; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

PREGABALIN; TRAMADOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HOT PLATE TEST; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; RADIATION ENERGY; TAIL FLICK TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84883792932     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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