Evaluation of ketamine, nimodipine, gabapentin and imipramine in partial sciatic nerve transection model of neuropathic pain in rat: An experimental study

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 443-446

  Hota, Debasish ^a   Bansal, V ^a   Pattanaik, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Imipramine; Ketamine; Neuropathic pain; Nimodipine; Partial sciatic nerve transaction

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; IMIPRAMINE; KETAMINE; NIMODIPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

AMINES; ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMIPRAMINE; KETAMINE; MALE; NIMODIPINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 36348942958     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2007.29.7.1074689     Document Type: Article

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