Analgesic and sedative concentrations of lignocaine shunt tonic and burst firing in thalamocortical neurones

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1633-1642

  Schwarz, Stephan K W ^a   Puil, Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Analgesia; Burst firing; CNS actions; Lignocaine; Local anaesthetics; Low threshold spike; Membrane properties; Thalamocortical neurones; Tonic firing

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION; SPIKE; THALAMUS;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0031815467     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702015     Document Type: Article

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