Browsing Emergency Med by Author "Brewer, Kori L."
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Agmatine reverses pain induced by inflammation, neuropathy, and spinal cord injury
Fairbanks, Carolyn A.; Schreiber, Kristin L.; Brewer, Kori L.; Yu, Chen-Guang; Stone, Laura S.; Kitto, Kelley F.; Nguyen, H. Oanh; Grocholski, Brent M.; Shoeman, Don W.; Kehl, Lois J.; Regunathan, Soundararajan; Reis, Donald J.; Yezierski, Robert P.; Wilcox, George L. (East Carolina University, 2000-09-12)Antagonists of glutamate receptors of the N-methyl-D-aspartate subclass (NMDAR) or inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) prevent nervous system plasticity. Inflammatory and neuropathic pain rely on plasticity, presenting ... -
Correlation of the National Emergency Medicine M4 Clerkship Examination with USMLE Examination Performance
Lawson, Luan E.; Musick, Davis; Brewer, Kori L. (2015-12)NTRODUCTION: Assessment of medical students' knowledge in clinical settings is complex yet essential to the learning process. Clinical clerkships use various types of written examinations to objectively test medical ... -
Dopamine D3 receptor dysfunction prevents anti-nociceptive effects of morphine in the spinal cord
Brewer, Kori L.; Baran, Christine A.; Whitfield, Brian R.; Jensen, A. Marley; Clemens, Stefan (2014-06)Abstract Dopamine (DA) modulates spinal reflexes, including nociceptive reflexes, in part via the D3 receptor subtype. We have previously shown that mice lacking the functional D3 receptor (D3KO) exhibit decreased paw ... -
Estimation of Laceration Length by Emergency Department Personnel
Bourne, Christina L.; Jenkins, M. Adams; Brewer, Kori L. (2014-11)Introduction Documentation and billing for laceration repair involves a description of wound length. We designed this study to test the hypothesis that emergency department (ED) personnel can accurately estimate wound ...