Volatile anaesthetics antagonize nitrous oxide and morphine-induced analgesia in the rat

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 702-706

  Goto, Takahisa ^a,b,c   Marota, John J A ^a,b   Crosby, Gregory ^a,b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics gases, nitrous oxide; Anaesthetics volatile, halothane; Anaesthetics volatile, isoflurane; Analgesics opioid, morphine; Interactions (drugs); Rat

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 0029981822     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.5.702     Document Type: Article

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