Guinea-pig tracheal responsiveness in vitro following general anaesthesia with halothane

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1451-1455

  Mercier, F J ^a,b   Denjean, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b Hop A Béclèrc ^*  (France)

Author keywords

airway smooth muscle; anaesthesia reversal; asthma; guinea pig; halothane; isoflurane

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; EGTAZIC ACID; HALOTHANE; HISTAMINE; ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GUINEA PIG; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; GUINEA PIGS; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0030055934     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09071451     Document Type: Article

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