Neuropeptides
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 33-38 , February 2007

S-(+)-fenfluramine-induced nociceptive behavior in mice: Involvement of interactions between spinal serotonin and substance P systems

  • Koichi Tan-No

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8558, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 22 727 0123; fax: +81 22 275 2013.
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  • Katsuaki Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8558, Japan
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  • Masakazu Shimoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8558, Japan
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  • Mai Sugawara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8558, Japan
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  • Osamu Nakagawasai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8558, Japan
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  • Fukie Niijima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8558, Japan
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  • Takumi Sato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Nihon Pharmaceutical University, Kitaadachi-gun, Saitama 362-0806, Japan
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  • Susumu Satoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Nihon Pharmaceutical University, Kitaadachi-gun, Saitama 362-0806, Japan
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  • Takeshi Tadano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8558, Japan

Received 12 August 2006 ,Accepted 11 October 2006.

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PII: S0143-4179(06)00143-0

doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2006.10.003

Neuropeptides
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 33-38 , February 2007

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