A Comparison of the Effect of Halothane on N-Methyl-D-Aspartate and Non-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor-Mediated Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in the Hippocampus

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 843-847

  Narimatsu, Eichi ^a   Tsai, Yu Chan ^a   Gerhold, Thomas D ^a   Kamath, Shree H ^a   Davies, Loyd R ^a   Sokoll, Martin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; HALOTHANE; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PERTUSSIS TOXIN;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HALOTHANE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PICROTOXIN; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029998806     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199604000-00029     Document Type: Article

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