Desflurane and nitrous oxide, but not nonimmobilizers, affect nociceptive responses

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 629-634

  Sonner, James ^a,b   Li, Joana ^a   Eger II, Edmond I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROHEXAFLUOROCYCLOBUTANE; DESFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PERFLUOROPENTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANIMALS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; CYCLOBUTANES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUOROCARBONS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0031884177     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199803000-00036     Document Type: Article

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