Nitrous oxide depresses spinal F waves in rats

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-141

  Friedman, Yaron ^b   King, Bryan S ^b   Rampil, Ira J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthetic mechanisms; Anesthetic potency; Anesthetics, inhaled: nitrous oxide; Anesthetics, volatile: isoflurane; Measurement techniques: electromyography; Spinal cord: motor neurons

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MIXTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ISOFLURANE; MOTOR NEURONS; NITROUS OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030018076     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199607000-00019     Document Type: Article

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