Neurochemical studies of narcosis: A comparison between the effects of nitrous oxide and hyperbaric nitrogen on the dopaminergic nigro-striatal pathway

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 997-1003

  Turle, Nathalie ^a   Saget, Anne ^a   Zouani, Boualem ^a   Risso, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a I M N S S A ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Microdialysis; Narcosis; Nitrous oxide; Nitrox; Striatum

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYPERBARIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIVING; DOPAMINE RELEASE; GAS POISONING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MALE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031854509     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021040607207     Document Type: Article

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