Effects of local lidocaine treatment before and after median nerve injury on mechanical hypersensitivity and microglia activation in rat cuneate nucleus

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-367

  Lin, Shih Chang ^a   Yeh, Jiann Horng ^b,c   Chen, Chih Li ^c   Chou, Shiu Huey ^d   Tsai, Yi Ju ^c  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lidocaine; Median nerve; Microglia; Neuropathic pain; Pre emptive analgesia

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; LIDOCAINE; MINOCYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MECHANICAL HYPERSENSITIVITY; MEDIAN NERVE INJURY; MICROGLIA; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIDOCAINE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROGLIA; MINOCYCLINE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79954423670     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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