Effect of subarachnoid gabapentin on tactile-evoked allodynia in a surgically induced neuropathic pain model in the rat

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-256

  Hwang, Jai Hyun ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

allodynia; Chung model; gabapentin; gamma aminobutyric acid receptor; neuropathic pain; subarachnoid

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; GABAPENTIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 0030990037     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1098-7339(06)80010-6     Document Type: Article

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