Lumbar catheterization of the spinal subarachnoid space in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-172

  Størkson, Rolf Vilhelm ^a   Kjørsvik, Anne ^a   Tjølsen, Arne ^a   Hole, Kjell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Lumbosacral region; N methyl D aspartate; Pain; Rat; Spinal cord; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0029880852     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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