title: [Nitrogen monoxide and nociceptive processes].
abstract: Experiments on conscious rats studied the effects of systemic or central application of a nitric oxide (NO) donor or NO-synthase inhibitor on the pain sensitivity threshold. Injection of SNAP in doses of 0.2, 2.0, and 20.0 micrograms into the subarachnoidal space of the ventral medulla through a preimplanted steel cannula was accompanied by a dose-dependent change in tail-flick latency. Intraperitoneal injection of 30 mg L-NAME also increased pain sensitivity threshold levels. The findings suggest that the decrease in pain sensitivity after systemic NO-synthase inhibitor administration is due to the modulation of NO-dependent processes at both the central and peripheral levels.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kul'chitskiĭ
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Akulich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D017288:Pain Threshold / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase