The effects of branched chain amino acid infusion on pain perception and plasma concentrations of monoamines

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-82

  Kirvelä, Olli ^a   Jaatinen, Jari ^a   Scheinin, Harry ^a   Kanto, Jussi ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acids; Monoamines; Pain

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; ADRENALIN; AMINO ACID MIXTURE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COULOMETRY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032077221     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00466-8     Document Type: Article

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