The effect of intrathecal gabapentin on pain behavior and hemodynamics on the formalin test in the rat

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 434-439

  Yoon, Myung Ha ^a,b   Yaksh, Tony L ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HYPERTENSION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0344980297     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199908000-00034     Document Type: Article

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