Acetazolamide attenuates chemical-stimulated but not thermal-stimulated acute pain in mice

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-47

  Sun, Ya Jie ^a,b   Chen, Ying ^a   Pang, Chong ^a   Wu, Ning ^a   Li, Jin ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

acetazolamide; acetic acid induced writhing test; analgesia; capsaicin test; carbonic anhydrase; diazepam; formalin test; GABAA receptor; hot plate test; methazolamide; tail flick test

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETIC ACID; CAPSAICIN; DIAZEPAM; METHAZOLAMIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FORMALIN TEST; HOT PLATE TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; STIMULATION; TAIL FLICK TEST; WRITHING TEST;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACUTE PAIN; ANIMALS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84891754039     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2013.149     Document Type: Article

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