The effects of the α2-adrenergic agonist, dexmedetomidine, in the spinal nerve ligation model of neuropathic pain in rats

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 355-360

  Kontinen, Vesa K ^a,b   Paananen, Sami ^a   Kalso, Eija ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HALOTHANE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MEDETOMIDINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE LIGATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL NERVE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLD; HEAT; INJURY; INNERVATION; LIMB; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; COLD; EXTREMITIES; HEAT; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0031594155     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199802000-00026     Document Type: Article

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