Influence of isoflurane anesthesia on motor evoked potentials elicited by transcortical, brainstem, and spinal root stimulation

Neurological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 555-558

  Haghighi, Siavash S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential; Isoflurane; Motor evoked potentials; Spinal motor root

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT;

EID: 0031815296     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1998.11740563     Document Type: Article

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