Intrathecal clonidine potentiates suppression of tactile hypersensitivity by spinal cord stimulation in a model of neuropathy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-139

  Schechtmann, Gastón ^a   Wallin, Johan ^a   Meyerson, Björn A ^a   Linderoth, Bengt ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; MORPHINE;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042615630     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000115150.83395.48     Document Type: Article

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