Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors, 7-nitro indazole and nitro(G)-L- arginine methyl ester, dose dependently reduce the threshold for isoflurane anesthesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1111-1119

  Pajewski, Thomas N ^a   Difazio, Cosmo A ^b   Moscicki, Jeffrey C ^b   Johns, Roger A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthetics, volatile: Isoflurane; Nitric oxide: nitric oxide synthase inhibitors; Nitro(G) L arginine methyl ester; 7 nitro indazole; Potency: minimum alveolar concentration

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ISOFLURANE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; SEDATION;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEART RATE; INDAZOLES; ISOFLURANE; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029861754     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199611000-00020     Document Type: Article

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