Selectivity of general anesthetics: A new dimension

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-378

  Franks, Nicholas P ^a   Lieb, William R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BRAIN RECEPTOR;

HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANOLONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0030897617     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0497-377     Document Type: Note

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