Possible analgesic effect of vigabatrin in animal experimental chronic neuropathic pain

Since anticonvulsants have been used for treating neuralgias, an interest has arisen to experimentally test vigabatrin for its gabaergic mechanism of action. For this, 41 Wistar rats were used, and in 25 of them a constrictive sciatic neuropathy was induced (Bennet & Xie model). For testing pain...

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Main Authors: NILZA D. ALVES, CARLOS M. DE CASTRO-COSTA, ALBA M. DE CARVALHO, FRANKLIN J. C. SANTOS, DELANO G. SILVEIRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1999-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1999000600003&tlng=en
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