The antinociceptive and antihyperalgesic effects of topical propofol on dorsal horn neurons in the rat

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 932-938

  Takechi, Kenichi ^a   Carstens, Mirela Iodi ^b   Klein, Amanda H ^b   Carstens, E ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROPOFOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84876682953     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31827f560d     Document Type: Article

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