Preemptive intrathecal ketamine injection produces a long-lasting decrease in neuropathic pain behaviors in a rat model

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 208-213

  Burton, Allen W ^a   Lee, Doo H ^b   Saab, Carl ^b   Chung, Jin M ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intrathecal ketamine; Neuropathic pain behaviors

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIZATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032914491     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115550-199924030-00005     Document Type: Article

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