Intrathecal eugenol administration alleviates neuropathic pain in male Sprague-Dawley rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1645-1653

  Lionnet, Ludivine ^a   Beaudry, Francis ^a   Vachon, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Eugenol; Hyperalgesia; Intrathecal injection; Neuropathic pain; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

EUGENOL;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; HYPERALGESIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EUGENOL; HYPERALGESIA; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

RATTUS;

EID: 78049427371     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3174     Document Type: Article

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