Long-term evaluation of motor function following intraneural injection of ropivacaine using walking track analysis in rats

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 524-529

  Iohom, G ^a   Lan, G B ^a   Diarra, D P ^a   Grignon, Y ^a   Kinirons, B P ^b   Girard, F ^c   Merle, M ^a   Granier, G ^a   Cahn, V ^a   Bouaziz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^c Hopital Marin   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic local, ropivacaine; Model rat; Nerve, damage; Toxicity, local anaesthetics

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; WALKING;

EID: 20144388426     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei079     Document Type: Article

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