Perineural dexmedetomidine provides an increased duration of analgesia to a thermal stimulus when compared with a systemic control in a rat sciatic nerve block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 427-431

  Brummett, Chad M ^a   Amodeo, Francesco S ^a   Janda, Allison M ^a   Padda, Amrita K ^a   Lydic, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PERINEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY EVALUATION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; AMIDES; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; NERVE BLOCK; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, RIGHTING; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 77957580827     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181ef4cf0     Document Type: Article

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