Effects of midazolam in the spinal nerve ligation model of neuropathic pain in rats

Pain

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 425-431

  Kontinen, Vesa K ^a,b   Dickenson, Anthony H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICUM HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Animal models; Benzodiazepines; Midazolam; Neuropathic pain; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; COLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0034175534     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00298-5     Document Type: Article

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