Halothane blocks synaptic excitation of inhibitory interneurons

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1431-1438

  Perouansky, Misha ^b   Kirson, Eilon D ^a   Yaari, Yoel ^a  

^a Department of Physiology ^*

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anesthetics, volatile: halothane; Animals: mouse; Brain: hippocampus; Central nervous system, neuron: interneuron, pyramidal cell; Central nervous system, receptors: glutamate; N methyl D aspartate, non N methyl D aspartate; Central nervous system: excitatory postsynaptic currents; Measurement technique: hippocampal slice; patchclamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; HALOTHANE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HALOTHANE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0030457136     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199612000-00025     Document Type: Article

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