Study the antinociceptive effect of intracerebroventricular injection of aqueous extract of Origanum vulgare leaves in rat: Possible involvement of opioid system

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1109-1113

  Pahlavan, Yasaman ^a   Sepehri, Gholamreza ^a   Sheibani, Vahid ^a   Afarinesh Khaki, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Gojazadeh, Morteza ^c   Pahlavan, Bahare ^c   Pahlavan, Fereshteh ^d  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Intracerebroventricular; Pain; Rat; Riganum vulgare; Tail flick test

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OREGANO EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 84886297427     PISSN: 20083866     EISSN: 20083874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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