Neurologie evaluation of infant and adult rats before and after sciatic nerve blockade

Anesthesiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 957-965

  Hu, Delphine ^a,d   Hu, Rosa ^b   Berde, Charles B ^c  

^a Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics, local: Bupivacaine; Nerve blockade; Rat, infant; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BUPIVACAINE; HEAT; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0030906476     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199704000-00026     Document Type: Article

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