Comparison of buprenorphine and meloxicam for postsurgical analgesia in rats: Effects on body weight, locomotor activity, and hemodynamic parameters

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 617-622

  Bourque, Stephane L ^a   Adams, Michael A ^a   Nakatsu, Kanji ^a   Winterborn, Andrew ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; MELOXICAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RAT; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BUPRENORPHINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77957719200     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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