Buprenorphine for pain relief in mice: repeated injections vs sustained-release depot formulation

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 177-187

  Jirkof, Paulin ^a,b   Tourvieille, A ^c   Cinelli, P ^a   Arras, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Neuroscience Center Zurich and Division of Neurosurgery   (Switzerland)

^c HumanVet Sàrl   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Buprenorphine; Mouse; Pain; Sustained release

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; WATER; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; LAPAROTOMY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRESS; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; HEAT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BUPRENORPHINE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LAPAROTOMY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84942891603     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: 17581117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023677214562849     Document Type: Article

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