Differential acute tolerance development to effects of nitrous oxide in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-76

  Zacny, James P ^a   Cho, Alys M ^a   Coalson, Dennis W ^a   Rupani, Gita ^a   Young, Christopher J ^a   Klafta, Jerome M ^a   Klock, P Allan ^a   Apfelbaum, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute tolerance; Analgesia; Human; Mood; Nitrous oxide; Psychomotor

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029895958     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12626-4     Document Type: Article

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