Behavioral effects of volatile anesthetics in Caenorhabditis elegans

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 901-912

  Crowder, C Michael ^a   Shebester, Laynie D ^a   Schedl, Tim ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics, volatile: halothane; Behavior; Caenorhabditis elegans; Drug mechanisms; Genetics, behavioral; Theories of anesthesia; Volatile anesthetics

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMOBILIZATION; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOTAXIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029858480     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199610000-00027     Document Type: Article

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