Effect of romifidine on the nociceptive withdrawal reflex and temporal summation in conscious horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1992-1998

  Spadavecchia, Claudia ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Andersen, Ole K ^b   Spadavecchia, Luciano ^c   Schatzmann, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROMIFIDINE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACTILE STIMULATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HORSES; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 30744475444     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1992     Document Type: Article

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