Antinociceptive effects of curcumin in a rat model of postoperative pain

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhu, Qing ^a   Sun, Yuehua ^a   Yun, Xiaodi ^a   Ou, Yuntao ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Li, Jun Xu ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CURCUMIN;

ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RAT;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CURCUMIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RATS;

EID: 84900430574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04932     Document Type: Article

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