Influence of nitrous oxide on motor-evoked potentials

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1002-1006

  Zentner, Josef ^a,b   Thees, Christoph ^a   Pechstein, Ulrich ^a   Scheufler, Kai Michael ^a   Würker, Jens ^a   Nadstawek, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

anesthesia; intraoperative monitoring; motor evoked potential; nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

DROPERIDOL PLUS FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROUS OXIDE; RABBITS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030911754     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199705010-00012     Document Type: Article

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