Gabapentin suppresses ectopic nerve discharges and reverses allodynia in neuropathic rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1026-1030

  Pan, Hui Lin ^a   Eisenach, James C ^a   Chen, Shao Rui ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

ACETIC ACIDS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMINES; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0033022851     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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