Midazolam changes cerebral blood flow in discrete brain regions: An H215O positron emission tomography study

Anesthesiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1106-1117

  Veselis, Robert A ^a   Reinsel, Ruth A ^b   Beattie, Bradley J ^b   Mawlawi, Osama R ^b   Feshchenko, Vladimir A ^b   DiResta, Gene R ^b   Larson, Steven M ^b   Blasberg, Ronald G ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; midazolam; Cerebral blood flow; Electroencephalography; Radionuclide imaging: H215O; Sedation; Sleep: drug effects; Tomography: Emission computed

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; THALAMUS;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0030729053     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199711000-00015     Document Type: Article

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