Epidural resiniferatoxin induced prolonged regional analgesia to pain

Brain Research

Volumn 840, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 92-98

  Szabo, Tamas ^a   Olah, Zoltan ^b   Iadarola, Michael J ^b   Blumberg, Peter M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Nociception; Resiniferatoxin; Vanilloid; VR1

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN DERIVATIVE; RESINIFERATOXIN; TRITIUM; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SENSORY NERVE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANIMALS; DITERPENES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEAT; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033523442     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01763-1     Document Type: Article

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