Vol. 21 (2) 2000 Neuro endocrinology letters

Effect of somatostatin analog-octreotide on the adjuvant arthritis in rat.

: OBJECTIVES: The aim of present study was the estimation of the anti-inflammatory effects of the somatostatin analog-octreotide in the adjuvant arthritis in rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The arthritis was induced by intradermal injection of Freund's adjuvant at the foot's pulvinar of the posterior paw in August's strain rats. The animals.....