Venlafaxine hydrochloride (Effexor™) relieves thermal hyperalgesia in rats with an experimental mononeuropathy

Pain

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 151-155

  Lang, E ^a   Hord, Allen H ^a   Denson, D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Neuropathic pain; Rats; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Thermal hyperalgesia; Venlafaxine hydrochloride

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; INJURY; MALE; NEURALGIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEURALGIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030275439     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(96)03223-X     Document Type: Article

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