Memantine elicits spinal blockades of motor function, proprioception, and nociception in rats

YW Chen, CC Chiu, KS Liu, CH Hung… - Fundamental & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Although memantine blocks sodium currents and produces local skin anesthesia, spinal
anesthesia with memantine is unknown. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the local …

The local anesthetic effect of memantine on infiltrative cutaneous analgesia in the rat

YW Chen, CC Chu, YC Chen, JJ Wang… - Anesthesia & …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Memantine blocks N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and the Na+ current,
one principal mechanism of local anesthesia. Until now, no study mentioned that memantine …

Intrathecal rimantadine induces motor, proprioceptive, and nociceptive blockades in rats

JI Tzeng, JN Wang, JJ Wang, YW Chen, CH Hung - Neuroscience letters, 2016 - Elsevier
The purpose of the experiment was to evaluate the local anesthetic effect of rimantadine in
spinal anesthesia. Rimantadine in a dose-dependent fashion was constructed after …

Cutaneous analgesia after subcutaneous injection of memantine and amantadine and their systemic toxicity in rats

YW Chen, JP Shieh, YC Chen, YM Leung… - European journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The purpose of the study is to find subcutaneous equianalgesic doses of memantine,
amantadine and bupivacaine and use these doses to quantify the cardiovascular and …

Isobolographic analysis of caramiphen and lidocaine on spinal anesthesia in rats

YW Chen, CC Chu, YC Chen, JJ Wang, CH Hung - Neuroscience letters, 2010 - Elsevier
The aims of the study were to evaluate the spinal anesthetic effect of caramiphen and also
assess spinal anesthetic interactions of caramiphen with lidocaine. Lidocaine, a common …

Promazine and chlorpromazine for prolonged spinal anesthesia in rats

YW Chen, CC Chu, YC Chen, CD Kan, JJ Wang - Neuroscience Letters, 2012 - Elsevier
Though promazine and chlorpromazine elicited cutaneous anesthesia, no study of spinal
anesthesia with chlorpromazine and promazine has been reported. This study was to …

Intrathecal orphenadrine elicits spinal block in the rat

YW Chen, JI Tzeng, YC Chen, CH Hung… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to estimate the local anesthetic effect of orphenadrine, an anti-
muscarinic agent, in spinal anesthesia and its comparison with the local anesthetic …

Ifenprodil for prolonged spinal blockades of motor function and nociception in rats

YW Chen, CC Chiu, JN Wang, CH Hung… - Pharmacological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The aim of the study was to compare the proposed spinal anesthetic effect of
ifenprodil, an a1 adrenergic receptor antagonist, with that of the long-acting local anesthetic …

Co-administration of memantine with epinephrine produces a marked peripheral action in intensifying and prolonging analgesia in response to local skin pinprick in …

YW Chen, JI Tzeng, HJ Pan, CH Hung, YC Chen… - Neuroscience …, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of epinephrine as adjuvant for
memantine or lidocaine as an infiltrative anesthetic. Using a rat model of cutaneous trunci …

Intrathecal amantadine for prolonged spinal blockade of sensory and motor functions in rats

JI Tzeng, CD Kan, JN Wang, JJ Wang… - Fundamental & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We aimed to compare the hypothesized local anesthetic action of amantadine (1‐
adamantanamine) with that of the known local anesthetic mepivacaine. Motor …