Duration of succinylcholine and vecuronium blockade but not potency correlates with the ratio of endplate size to fibre size in seven muscles in the goat

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 485-494

  Ibebunjo, Chikwendu ^a,c   Srikant, Coimbatore B ^a   Donati, François ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Shriners Burns Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle, skeletal: cricoarytenoideus dorsalis, thyroarytenoideus: diaphragm, soleus, gastrocnemius, transversus abdominis, rectus abdominis, morphology; Neuromuscular junction: acetylcholine receptor; Neuromuscular relaxants: succinylcholine, vecuronium

Indexed keywords

SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GOAT; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029941766     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018111     Document Type: Article

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