Analgesic doses of intrathecal but not intravenous clonidine increase acetylcholine in cerebrospinal fluid in humans

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 800-803

  De Kock, M ^a,c   Eisenach, J ^b   Tong, C ^b   Schmitz, A L ^a   Scholtes, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CLONIDINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030976752     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199704000-00019     Document Type: Article

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