Susceptibility to lidocaine of impulses in different somatosensory afferent fibers of rat sciatic nerve

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 802-811

  Huang, Jason Haitao ^a   Thalhammer, Johann G ^a   Raymond, Stephen A ^a   Strichartz, Gary R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0030789287     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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