The importance of tail temperature monitoring during tail-flick test in evaluating the antinociceptive action of volatile anesthetics

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 451-454

  Sawamura, Shigehito ^a   Tomioka, T ^a   Hanaoka, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isoflurane; Tail flick latency; Tail skin temperature; Volatile anesthetics

Indexed keywords

ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TAIL FLICK TEST; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; ISOFLURANE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TAIL;

EID: 0036234108     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460421.x     Document Type: Article

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