Acute response to intracisternal bupivacaine in patients with refractory pain of the head and neck

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 570, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 421-428

  Lambert, Gavin ^a,c   Elam, Mikael ^a   Friberg, Peter ^a   Lundborg, Christopher ^a   Gao, Sinsia ^a   Bergquist, Jonas ^b   Nitescu, Petre ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; ISOTOPE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; BIOGENIC AMINE; CATECHOLAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DILUTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; BUPIVACAINE; CATECHOLAMINES; CATHETERIZATION; CISTERNA MAGNA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; SEROTONIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33644855383     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.095562     Document Type: Article

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