Central nuclei and spinal pathways in feedback inhibitory spinal cord potentials in ketamine-anaesthetized rats

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 258-265

  Denda, S ^a   Shimoji, K ^a   Tomita, M ^a   Baba, H ^a   Yamakura, T ^a   Masaki, H ^a   Endoh, H ^a   Fukuda, S ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics i.v., ketamine; Monitoring, evoked potentials; Rat; Spinal cord, evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; DECORTICATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD POTENTIAL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030049103     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.2.258     Document Type: Article

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