Validating a New Non-invasive Approach to Testing Lidocaine Effectiveness

Summary

This work will assess the reliability of a simple painless test for the effectiveness of the commonly used local anesthetic lidocaine

Timeline

Start

2019-08-01

Primary completion

2020-03-30

Completion

2020-03-30

Publications

• Results Infante MA, Moore EM, Nguyen TT, Fourligas N, Mattson SN, Riley EP. Objective assessment of ADHD core symptoms in children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure. Physiol Behav. 2015 Sep 1;148:45-50. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.10.014. Epub 2014 Oct 23.
• Results Levitt JO. Practical aspects in the management of hypokalemic periodic paralysis. J Transl Med. 2008 Apr 21;6:18. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-6-18.
• Results Nakai Y, Milgrom P, Mancl L, Coldwell SE, Domoto PK, Ramsay DS. Effectiveness of local anesthesia in pediatric dental practice. J Am Dent Assoc. 2000 Dec;131(12):1699-705. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.2000.0115.
• Results Segal MM. We cannot say whether attention deficit hyperactivity disorder exists, but we can find its molecular mechanisms. Pediatr Neurol. 2014 Jul;51(1):15-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.04.014. Epub 2014 Apr 18. No abstract available.
• Results Segal MM, Rogers GF, Needleman HL, Chapman CA. Hypokalemic sensory overstimulation. J Child Neurol. 2007 Dec;22(12):1408-10. doi: 10.1177/0883073807307095.
• Results Segal MM, Douglas AF. Late sodium channel openings underlying epileptiform activity are preferentially diminished by the anticonvulsant phenytoin. J Neurophysiol. 1997 Jun;77(6):3021-34. doi: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.3021.
• Results Teicher MH, Polcari A, Fourligas N, Vitaliano G, Navalta CP. Hyperactivity persists in male and female adults with ADHD and remains a highly discriminative feature of the disorder: a case-control study. BMC Psychiatry. 2012 Nov 7;12:190. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-190.

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