Midazolam inhibits cardiac nociception evoked by coronary artery occlusion in rats

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 479-484

  Guo, Z ^a   Yuan, D J ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary occlusion; Flumazenil; Midazolam; Pain, visceral; Rat; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG RESPONSE; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART STIMULATION; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; CONSTRICTION; CORONARY VESSELS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 43049096095     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508003815     Document Type: Article

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