2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Studies of local anesthetic action
| Project/Area Number |
16591550
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Anesthesiology/Resuscitation studies
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| Research Institution | University OF Miyazaki |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKASAKI Mayumi University of Miyazaki, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (30094212)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIRASAKA Tetsuro University of Miyazaki, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Assistant Professor, 医学部, 講師 (00274788)
TANAKA Nobuhiko University of Miyazaki, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Instructor, 医学部, 助手 (30264394)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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| Keywords | Local anesthetics / Differential nerve block / Levobupivacaine / Ropivacaine |
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| Research Abstract |
Differential nerve block was studied with intact motor Aα and sensory Aα β fibers of the rat sciatic nerve. Ventral root fibers with conduction velocities faster than 32 m/sec and dorsal root fibers faster than 20 m/sec were classified as A α and A α β fibers, respectively. Compound action potentials (CAPs) were measured from A α and A α β fibers by electrical stimuli placed on the distal sciatic nerve. Levobupivacaine or ropivacaine is administered at a concentration of 0.0625%, 0.125%, or 0.25% in the pool containing the sciatic nerve. CAPs were decreased dose-dependently by the administration of levobupivacaine or ropivacaine. With the administration of 0.0625% levobupivacaine, CAPs of A α and A α β fibers were decreased by 36±13 (SD) % and 9±9%, respectively. These change was significantly greater in A α fibers than in A α β fibers. There was no significant difference in the decrease in CAPs of A α and A α β fibers at another concentrations of levobupivacaine and ropivacaine. Our results demonstrate that motor A α fibers are blocked greater than sensory A α β fibers with the direct administration of 0.0625% levobupivacaine.
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Research Products
(2 results)
