Ketamine, an NMDA receptor antagonist, suppresses spatial and temporal properties of burn-induced secondary hyperalgesia in man: A double-blind, cross-over comparison with morphine and placebo

Pain

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 99-106

  Warncke, T ^a   Stubhaug, A ^a   Jorum, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Ketamine; Morphine; NMDA receptor antagonist; Wind up

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; KETAMINE; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERALGESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NAUSEA; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INJURY; THERMAL INJURY; VERTIGO; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0030762141     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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