Pre-Emptive Treatment of Lidocaine Attenuates Neuropathic Pain and Reduces Pain-Related Biochemical Markers in the Rat Cuneate Nucleus in Median Nerve Chronic Constriction Injury Model

This study investigates the effects of lidocaine pre-emptive treatment on neuropathic pain behavior, injury discharges of nerves, neuropeptide Y (NPY) and c-Fos expression in the cuneate nucleus (CN) after median nerve chronic constriction injury (CCI). Behavior tests demonstrated that the pre-empti...

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Published in:	Anesthesiology Research and Practice
Main Authors:	Chi-Te Lin, Yi-Ju Tsai, Hsin-Ying Wang, Seu-Hwa Chen, Tzu-Yu Lin, June-Horng Lue
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2012-01-01
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/921405