Vesa Kontinen

Gene for Pain Modulatory Neuropeptide NPFF: Induction in Spinal Cord by Noxious Stimuli

Ferdinand S. Vilim, Antti A. Aarnisalo, M L Nieminen et al. · Molecular Pharmacology · 1999 · 205 citations

Pregabalin has an opioid-sparing effect in elderly patients after cardiac surgery: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

Anne Pesonen, Raili Suojaranta-Ylinen, E. Hammarén et al. · British Journal of Anaesthesia · 2011 · 140 citations · Full text

Cardiac Anaesthesia, Elderly Patients, Pain Medicine +16

Chronic Spinal Nerve Ligation Induces Changes in Response Characteristics of Nociceptive Spinal Dorsal Horn Neurons and in Their Descending Regulation Originating in the Periaqueductal Gray in the Rat

Antti Pertovaara, Vesa Kontinen, Eija Kalso · Experimental Neurology · 1997 · 112 citations

Spinal Cord Injury, Health Sciences, Neurophysiology +13

Behavioural measures of depression and anxiety in rats with spinal nerve ligation-induced neuropathy

Vesa Kontinen, Timo Kauppila, Sami Paananen et al. · Pain · 1999 · 106 citations

Peripheral Nerve Injury, Pain Medicine, Affective Neuroscience +24

Influence of spinalization on spinal withdrawal reflex responses varies depending on the submodality of the test stimulus and the experimental pathophysiological condition in the rat

Timo Kauppila, Vesa Kontinen, Antti Pertovaara · Brain Research · 1998 · 91 citations

Experimental Pathophysiological Condition, Spinal Cord Injury, Health Sciences +11