Systemic tizanidine hydrochloride (Zanaflex™) relieves thermal hyperalgesia in rats with an experimental mononeuropathy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1310-1315

  Hord, Allen H ^a   Chalfoun, Amale G ^a   Denson, Donald D ^a   Azevedo, M Isabel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; PHENTOLAMINE; TIZANIDINE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYPERALGESIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0034758927     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200111000-00057     Document Type: Article

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