Intrathecal lithium reduces neuropathic pain responses in a rat model of peripheral neuropathy

Pain

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 59-64

  Shimizu, Tadao ^a   Shibata, Masahiko ^a   Wakisaka, Satoshi ^b   Inoue, Takaya ^a   Mashimo, Takasi ^a   Yoshiya, Ikuto ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Hyperalgesia; Lithium; Myo inositol; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

INOSITOL; LITHIUM;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLD; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INOSITOL; LITHIUM; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033969836     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00249-3     Document Type: Article

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