Changes in extracellular brain ascorbate in rat striatum in response to administration of non-volatile anaesthetic agents

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 588-590

  Miele, M ^a,b   Fillenz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics i.v.; Brain, ascorbate; Hypnotics benzodiazepine; Measurement techniques, voltammetry; Rat

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DIAZEPAM; HYPNORM; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030949025     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/78.5.588     Document Type: Article

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