Neurologic and histopathologic evaluation after high-volume intrathecal amitriptyline

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 434-440

  Sudoh, Yukari ^a   Desai, Sukumar P ^a,b   Haderer, Anna E ^a   Sudoh, Shinji ^a,c   Gerner, Peter ^a   Anthony, Douglas C ^a,b   De Girolami, Umberto ^a,b   Wang, Ging Kuo ^a  

^a MA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Local anesthetic; Long acting; Neurotoxicity; Spinal block

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BUPIVACAINE; MYELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BUPIVACAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROPRIOCEPTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4544352277     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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