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Sex-related differences in the antinociceptive effects of opioids: importance of rat genotype, nociceptive stimulus intensity, and efficacy at the mu opioid receptor.
Psychopharmacology - 1 Jul 2000
Cook C D, Barrett A C, Roach E L, Bowman J R, Picker M J
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RATIONALE: Recent studies indicate that morphine is more potent as an antinociceptive agent in male than female rodents and monkeys. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the influence of sex, nociceptive stimulus intensity and an opioid's relative efficacy on opioid-induced antinociception in rat strains (F344 and Lewis) that display differential sensitivity to morphine antinociception. METHODS: Antinociceptive testing was...
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