Effect of xenon on central nervous system electrical activity during sevoflurane anaesthesia in cats: Comparison with nitrous oxide

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 628-633

  Utsumi, J ^a,b   Adachi, T ^a   Kurata, J ^a,c   Miyazaki, Y ^a   Shibata, M ^a,b   Murakawa, M ^a,d   Arai, T ^a   Mori, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Otsu City Hospital   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics gases nitrous oxide; Anaesthetics gases xenon; Anaesthetics volatile sevoflurane; Cat; Monitoring electroencephalography; Monitoring evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE; XENON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

EID: 0031956587     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/80.5.628     Document Type: Article

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