Articaine is more effective than lidocaine or mepivacaine in rat sensory nerve conduction block in vitro

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-166

  Potocnik I ^a   Tomsic M ^b   Sketelj, J ^a   Bajrovic F F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Compound action potential; Local anesthetic; Nerve block; Rat; Sensory nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NONMYELINATED NERVE; RAT; SURAL NERVE; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CARTICAINE; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 33744800530     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910608500209     Document Type: Article

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