The role of temperature in the action of local anesthetics: A double study in vitro and in vivo

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-75

  Dabarakis, Nikolaos N ^a,b   Tsirlis, Anastasios T ^a   Parisis, Nikolaos A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Action potentials; In vitro; In vivo; Lidocaine; Sciatic nerve; Temperature

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIDOCAINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 28744436697     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450690962406     Document Type: Article

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