Chronic intrathecal infusion of gabapentin prevents nerve ligation-induced pain in rats

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 699-705

  Chu, L C ^a   Tsaur, M L ^c   Lin, C S ^a,d,e   Hung, Y C ^a,d   Wang, T Y ^b,d   Chen, C C ^a   Cheng, J K ^a,d,f  

^a Department of Anaesthesiology ^*  (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

gabapentin; intrathecal; neuropathic pain; neurotoxicity; rat; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREFOOT; HYPERALGESIA; INFUSION PUMP; MALE; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL NERVE;

EID: 79954468634     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer063     Document Type: Article

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