Repetitive intrathecal administration of morphine induces irreversible paraplegia after non-injurious interval of spinal cord ischemia in the rat

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1999, Pages 51-60

  Fuchigami, Tatsuya ^a   Taira, Yutaka ^a   Kakinohana, Manabu ^a   Kakinohana, Osamu ^a   Marsala, Martin ^b   Iha, Hiroshi ^a   Okuda, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrathecal; Morphine; Naloxone; Paraplegia; Spinal ischemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0002790223     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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