Systemic physostigmine shows antiallodynic effects in neuropathic rats

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 428-433

  Pöyhiä, Reino ^a,b,c   Xu, M ^b   Kontinen, V K ^b   Paananen, S ^b   Kalso, E ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; MECAMYLAMINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIGATION; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0344549307     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199908000-00033     Document Type: Article

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