Antinociceptive effects of intrathecally administered huwentoxin-I, a selective N-type calcium channel blocker, in the formalin test in conscious rats

Toxicon

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-20

  Chen, Jia Qin ^a   Zhang, Yong Quen ^a   Dai, Jie ^a   Luo, Zhuo Min ^a   Liang, Song Ping ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Formalin test; HWTX I; N type calcium channels

Indexed keywords

ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; HUWENTOXIN 1; MORPHINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MORPHINE; NEUROTOXINS; OMEGA-CONOTOXINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; SPIDER VENOMS;

ARANEAE; AVES; ORNITHOCTONUS HUWENA; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 9744249496     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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