Pain and analgesia: The dual effect of nitric oxide in the nociceptive system

Y Cury, G Picolo, VP Gutierrez, SH Ferreira - Nitric oxide, 2011 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in many physiological processes and several lines of evidence
have indicated that NO plays a complex and diverse role in the modulation of pain. Nitric …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2005

RJ Bodnar, GE Klein - Peptides, 2006 - Elsevier
This paper is the 28th consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning
the endogenous opioid system, now spanning over a quarter-century of research. It …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms involved in the antinociception caused by ethanolic extract obtained from the leaves of Melissa officinalis (lemon balm) in mice

G Guginski, AP Luiz, MD Silva, M Massaro… - Pharmacology …, 2009 - Elsevier
The present study examined the antinociceptive effect of the ethanolic extract from Melissa
officinalis L. and of the rosmarinic acid in chemical behavioral models of nociception and …

Modulation of opioid actions by nitric oxide signaling.

N Toda, S Kishioka, Y Hatano, H Toda - Anesthesiology, 2009 - europepmc.org
Nitric oxide (NO) plays pivotal roles in controlling physiological functions, participates in
pathophysiological intervention, and is involved in mechanisms underlying beneficial or …

The antinociceptive activity of Muntingia calabura aqueous extract and the involvement of l‐arginine/nitric oxide/cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway in its …

ZA Zakaria, MR Sulaiman, AMM Jais… - Fundamental & …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The present study was carried out to investigate on the possible involvement of l‐
arginine/nitric oxide/cyclic guanosine monophosphate (l‐arginine/NO/cGMP) pathway in the …

Nitrous oxide-antinociception is mediated by opioid receptors and nitric oxide in the periaqueductal gray region of the midbrain

DE Emmanouil, AS Dickens, RW Heckert… - European …, 2008 - Elsevier
Previous studies have shown that nitrous oxide (N2O)-induced antinociception is sensitive
to antagonism by blockade of opioid receptors and also by inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) …

Comparative analysis of the neuronal activation and cardiovascular effects of nitroglycerin, sodium nitroprusside and L-arginine

C Tassorelli, R Greco, D Cappelletti, G Sandrini… - Brain research, 2005 - Elsevier
In this study, we compare the biological effects, Fos expression and cardiovascular
responses induced in the rat, of different nitric oxide modulators (nitroglycerin, sodium …

Involvement of nitric oxide in the inhibition of bone cancer-induced hyperalgesia through the activation of peripheral opioid receptors in mice

L Menéndez, L Juárez, V García, A Hidalgo… - …, 2007 - Elsevier
Experiments were designed to elucidate the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) in the
antihyperalgesic effect induced by the activation of peripheral μ-opioid receptors on …

β-Phenylethylamines and the isoquinoline alkaloids

KW Bentley - Natural product reports, 2003 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: July 2001 to June 2002. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2002, 19, 332 This
review covers β-phenylethylamines and isoquinoline alkaloids and compounds derived from …

Antagonism of the antinociceptive effect of nitrous oxide by inhibition of enzyme activity or expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the mouse brain and spinal …

JL Cope, E Chung, Y Ohgami, RM Quock - European journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Previous studies have implicated nitric oxide (NO) in the antinociceptive response to the
anesthetic gas nitrous oxide (N2O). The present study was conducted to confirm this NO …