The neuraxial effects of intraspinal amitriptyline at low concentrations

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 965-971

  Fukushima, Fernanda B ^a,d   Barros, Guilherme A M ^a   Marques, Mariângela E A ^a   Vidal, Edison I O ^b,c   Ganem, Eliana M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADHESIVE ARACHNOIDITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARACHNOIDITIS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SPINAL CORD; TIME;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOGS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEURONS; PAIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70149114422     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181ad581e     Document Type: Article

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