| Literature DB >> 982058 |
B A Berkowitz, S H Ngai, A D Finck.
Abstract
Nitrous oxide produced a dose-related "analgesia" in mice (median effective dose, 55 percent). The analgesia was evaluated by means of a phenylquinone writhing test. Narcotic antagonists or chronic morphinization reduced nitrous oxide analgesia. Either nitrous oxide releases an endogenous analgesic or narcotic antagonists have analgesic antagonist properties heretofore unappreciated.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 982058 DOI: 10.1126/science.982058
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728