Effects of the NMDA receptor antagonist ketamine in electrically induced Aδ-fiber pain

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 185-189

  Rabben, Toril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

A and C fibers; Electrical tooth stimulation; Intravenous drug administration; Ketamine enantiomers; Mental side effects; Pain thresholds; Pethidine; Racemic ketamine

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PETHIDINE; PETIDIN 50;

ADULT; AMPEROMETRY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RACEMIC MIXTURE; SEDATION; SENSORY NERVE; SIDE EFFECT; TOOTH PULP; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MEPERIDINE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PAIN THRESHOLD; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STEREOISOMERISM; TOOTH;

EID: 0034099684     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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