Sympathetic nervous system does not mediate reflex pupillary dilation during desflurane anesthesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 748-754

  Larson, Merlin D ^a,c   Tayefeh, Farzin ^a   Sessler, Daniel I ^a,b   Daniel, Malcolm ^a   Noorani, Mimi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia: desflurane; Autonomic nervous system; Pupil: light reflex

Indexed keywords

DAPIPRAZOLE; DESFLURANE; NEOSTIGMINE; PILOCARPINE; PROPOFOL; TROPICAMIDE; VECURONIUM;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PIPERAZINES; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRIAZOLES; TROPICAMIDE;

EID: 0029859632     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199610000-00009     Document Type: Article

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