The analgesic effect of xenon on the formalin test in rats: A comparison with nitrous oxide

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1300-1304

  Fukuda, Taeko ^a   Nishimoto, Chikako ^a   Hisano, Setsuji ^a   Miyabe, Masayuki ^a   Toyooka, Hidenori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; XENON;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0036830295     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200211000-00037     Document Type: Article

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