Effects of intravenous anaesthetic agents on fast inhibitory oscillations in the rat hippocampus in vitro

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1977-1986

  Whittington, M A ^a   Jefferys, J G R ^b   Traub, R D ^c,d  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Fast inhibitory oscillations; GABA(A) receptor; General anaesthesia; Hippocampus; Inhibition; Propofol; Thiopentone

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYSACLOFEN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BICUCULLINE; DIAZEPAM; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPNOTIC AGENT; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; THIOPENTAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029786176     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15633.x     Document Type: Article

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