TY - JOUR AU - Zhao Xiao-Ping AU - Wang Shao AU - Xia Ying-Hong PY - 2016 TI - Effects of calcitonin injected into various brain areas on pain threshold and Ca 2+ in rats JF - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica; Vol 17, No 3 (May 1996): Acta Pharmacologica Sinica Y2 - 2016 KW - N2 - AIM: To study the effects of calcitonin (Cal) injected into different brain areas on pain threshold. METHODS: The analgesic effects of Cal were investigated in rats by the tail-flick test. RESULTS: Cal injected into lateral cerebral ventricle (LCV) or periaqueductal gray (PAG) increased obviously the pain threshold to 49 +/- 22% or to 68 +/- 12% (P 2+ in brain. UR - http://www.chinaphar.com/article/view/6408