Movement associated with high cerebral concentrations of isoflurane: No evidence of seizure activity

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 310-314

  Antognini, Joseph F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anaesthesia: mechanisms; anaesthetics, volatile: isoflurane; brain

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GOAT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029995245     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03011750     Document Type: Article

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