Correlation of effects of general anesthetics on somatosensory neurons in the primate thalamus and cortical EEG power

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1375-1392

  Dougherty, P M ^a   Li, Y J ^a   Lenz, F A ^a   Rowland, L ^a   Mittman, S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; HALOTHANE; METHOHEXITAL; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030964963     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1375     Document Type: Article

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