Safety of Local Anesthetics Administered Intrathecally in Diabetic Rats

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 802-807

  Kroin, Jeffrey S ^a   Buvanendran, Asokumar ^a   Tuman, Kenneth J ^a   Kerns, James M ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic; Local Anesthetics; Neurotoxicity; Rats; Spinal Anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRICK TEST; RAT; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL ROOT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84862557937     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01396.x     Document Type: Article

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