Anesthesia sensitivity in mice that lack the β3 subunit of the γ- aminobutyric acid type A receptor

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 775-780

  Quinlan, Joseph J ^a   Homanics, Gregg E ^b   Firestone, Leonard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Enflurane; Ethanol; Etomidate; Gene targeting; Halothane; Midazolam; Pentobarbital

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ENFLURANE; ETOMIDATE; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX; SLEEP TIME; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REFLEX; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0031936716     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199803000-00030     Document Type: Article

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