The anesthetic effect of dexmedetomidine does not adhere to the Meyer- Overton rule but is reversed by hydrostatic pressure

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 618-622

  Tonner, Peter H ^a   Scholz, Jens ^a   Koch, Claudia ^a   Schulte Am Esch, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; OCTANOL; WATER;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ISOMER; LIPID SOLUBILITY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX; TADPOLE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031051001     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199703000-00029     Document Type: Article

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