The effects of mexiletine, desipramine and fluoxetine in rat models involving central sensitization

Pain

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 161-169

  Jett, Mary Frances ^a   McGuirk, Jennifer ^a   Waligora, Dan ^a   Hunter, John C ^a  

^a ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Desipramine; Fluoxetine; Formalin; Hyperalgesia; Mexiletine; Neuropathic pain; Spinal nerve ligation

Indexed keywords

DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FORMALDEHYDE; MEXILETINE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SPINAL NERVE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MEXILETINE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0031044109     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(96)03231-9     Document Type: Article

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