Sensory hyperinnervation after neonatal skin wounding: Effect of bupivacaine sciatic nerve block

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 662-664

  De Lima, J ^a   Alvares, D ^b   Hatch, D J ^a   Fitzgerald, M ^b  

^a Portex Department of Anaesthesia   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics local, bupivacaine; Hyperinnervation, regional; Rat

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INNERVATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE SPROUTING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN INJURY;

EID: 0032837404     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/83.4.662     Document Type: Article

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