Neurophysiologic actions and neurological consequences of veratridine on the rat sciatic nerve

Anesthesiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 945-956

  Vladimirov, Marina ^a,c   Thalhammer, Johann G ^a   Hunt, Nicholas ^b   Feldman, Hal S ^a   Strichartz, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloid: veratridine; Analgesia; Local anesthesia; Motor blockade; Nerve: sciatic

Indexed keywords

VERATRIDINE;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; LATENT PERIOD; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PROPRIOCEPTION; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VERATRIDINE;

EID: 0031002312     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199704000-00025     Document Type: Article

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