Evaluation of Five Agents/Methods for Anesthesia of Neonatal Rats

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 386-395

  Danneman, Peggy J ^a   Mandrell, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; METHOXYFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG SAFETY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX; SURVIVAL;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DROPERIDOL; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; KETAMINE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHOXYFLURANE; PENTOBARBITAL; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031400054     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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