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Peripheral and central antinociceptive action of Na+–K+–2Cl− cotransporter blockers on formalin-induced nociception in rats

  • Vinicio Granados-Soto

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Farmacobiología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Calzada Tenorios 235, Col. Granjas Coapa, México, DF 14330, México
    • ,
  • Carlos F. Arguelles

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Farmacología, Centro Nacional de Rehabilitación, Secretaría de Salud, México, DF, México
    • ,
  • Francisco J. Álvarez-Leefmans

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Farmacobiología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Calzada Tenorios 235, Col. Granjas Coapa, México, DF 14330, México
    • Departamento de Neurobiología, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría ‘Ramón de la Fuente,’ México, DF, México
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Departamento de Farmacobiología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Calzada Tenorios 235, Col. Granjas Coapa, México, DF 14330, México. Tel.: +52 55 5655 3031; fax: +52 55 5655 9980.

Received 6 May 2004 ,Revised 3 November 2004 ,Accepted 15 December 2004.

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PII: S0304-3959(04)00593-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.12.023

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