Effects of anesthetic propofol on release of amino acids from the spinal cord during visceral pain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 484, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 206-209

  Mu, Xiaobo ^a,b   Wu, Anshi ^a   Wu, Jing ^c   Liu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Yongqian ^a   Yue, Yun ^a   Fang, Li ^d   Wang, Yun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Neurotransmitter; Spinal cord; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROPOFOL;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VISCERAL PAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PROPOFOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 77956929107     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.08.055     Document Type: Article

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