Concentration-dependent neurotoxicity of articaine: An electrophysiological and stereological study of the rat sciatic nerve

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1330-1338

  Hillerup, Søren ^a,b   Bakke, Merete ^c   Larsen, Jytte Overgaard ^d   Thomsen, Carsten Eckhart ^c   Gerds, Thomas Alexander ^d  

^a International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^b School of Dentistry   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICAINE; HYPNORM; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ULTRACAINE D-S; ULTRACAINE SUPRARENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STEREOMETRY; THICKNESS;

EID: 79958100805     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182172a2e     Document Type: Article

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