Effects of different concentrations and volumes of formalin on pain response in rats

Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-64

  Lee, Il Ok ^a   Kong, Myung Hoon ^a   Kim, Nan Sook ^a   Choi, Young Suk ^a   Lim, Sang Ho ^a   Lee, Mi Kyung ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Formalin; Nociceptors; Pain measurement; Rats

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN RECEPTOR; RAT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033922651     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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