Characteristic of Interactions between Intrathecal Gabapentin and Either Clonidine of Neostigmine in the Formalin Test

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1374-1379

  Yoon, Myung Ha ^a   Choi, Jeong Il ^a   Kwak, Sang Hyun ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; FORMALDEHYDE; GABAPENTIN; NEOSTIGMINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 1942436976     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000107937.00902.FC     Document Type: Article

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