A microcapsule technique for long-term conduction block of the sciatic nerve by tetrodotoxin

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-205

  Martinov, Vladimir N ^a   Njå, Arild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capillary; Cuff; Drug delivery; Local anaesthesia; Minipump; Mouse; Rat; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MICROCAPSULE; MOUSE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAPSULES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MALE; MICE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12344296682     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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