Effect of local methylprednisolone on pain in a nerve injury model a pilot study

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-65

  Johansson, Arne ^a   Bennett, Gary J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Corticosteroid; Hyperalgesia; Nerve fibers; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE INJURY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEATING; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0031018451     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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