Reported analgesic and anaesthetic administration to rodents undergoing experimental surgical procedures

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-154

  Stokes, E L ^a   Flecknell, P A ^a   Richardson, C A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Analgesia; Pain; Pain reduction; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BROMETHOL; BUPRENORPHINE; BUTORPHANOL; CARPROFEN; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DIAZEPAM; DIPYRONE; ETHER; FENTANYL; FLUANISONE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; MEDETOMIDINE; METHOHEXITAL; METHOXYFLURANE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PENTOBARBITAL; THIOPENTAL; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; XYLAZINE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PEER REVIEW; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN INCISION; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; MICE; RATS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 63849324194     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2008.008020     Document Type: Article

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