The action of prostaglandin E2 and triamcinolone acetonide on the firing activity of lumbar nerve roots

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 172-175

  Muramoto, T ^a   Atsuta, Y ^a   Iwahara, T ^a   Sato, M ^a   Takemitsu, Y ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E2; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL ROOT; STEROID THERAPY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DINOPROSTONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SCIATICA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 0030612176     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050144     Document Type: Article

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