Selective inhibition of nociceptive flexion reflex discharge by the kappa agonist bremazocine. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In unanaesthetized decerebrate spinal cats, bremazocine (0.012-0.2 mg/kg, i.v.) selectively inhibited the late C-fibre reflex discharge, recorded in sectioned lumbo-sacral ventral root filaments, after supramaximal electrical stimulation of the ipsilateral sural or common peroneal nerve. This action was naloxone-reversible. The results suggest that activation of kappa opioid receptors in the spinal cord inhibits the integration of nociceptive, but not locomotor, flexion reflexes.

publication date

  • February 1, 1987

Research

keywords

  • Analgesics
  • Benzomorphans
  • Morphinans
  • Receptors, Opioid
  • Spinal Nerves

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0023121772

PubMed ID

  • 3035416

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 26

issue

  • 2-3