Systemic gabapentin and S(+)-3-isobutyl-γ-aminobutyric acid block secondary hyperalgesia

Brain Research

Volumn 810, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 93-99

  Jones, Denise L ^a   Sorkin, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Pain; Pain modulation; Pharmacology; Rat; Thermal injury

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GABAPENTIN; PREGABALIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMAL INJURY;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMINES; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BURNS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPERALGESIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032501208     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00890-7     Document Type: Article

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