Analgesic effects of tramadol, carprofen or multimodal analgesia in rats undergoing ventral laparotomy

Lab Animal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 85-93

  Cannon, Coralie Zegre ^a   Kissling, Grace E ^a   Goulding, David R ^a   King Herbert, Angela P ^a   Blankenship Paris, Terry ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARPROFEN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DRUG COMBINATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CARBAZOLES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRAMADOL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79951930990     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0311-85     Document Type: Article

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