An obligatory role for spinal cholinergic neurons in the antiallodynic effects of clonidine after peripheral nerve injury

Anesthesiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1074-1081

  Paqueron, Xavier ^a   Li, Xinhui ^a   Bantel, Carsten ^a   Tobin, Joseph R ^a   Voytko, Mary Lou ^a   Eisenach, James C ^a,b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; ETHYLCHOLINE MUSTARD AZIRIDINIUM;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

EID: 0034985430     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200106000-00023     Document Type: Article

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