Article date: August 1996
By: L.C. Stanfa, V. Chapman, N. Kerr, A.H. Dickenson, in Volume 118, Issue 8, pages 1875-1877
Intrathecally administered nociceptin (5, 50, 225 μg) dose‐relatedly inhibited the C‐fibre evoked wind‐up and post‐discharge of dorsal horn neurones, but not the baseline C‐fibre evoked responses. Spinal naloxone 50 μg, but not 10 μg, reversed the effects of nociceptin. Thus the antinociceptive role of nociceptin in the spinal cord differs from that of classical opioids.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15618.x
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