Large slow potential shifts occur during halothane anaesthesia in gerbils

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 839-848

  Roughan, J V ^a   Laming, P R ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Gerbil; Glia; Halothane; Slow potential shift

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GERBIL; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEIZURE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GERBILLINAE; HALOTHANE; OSCILLOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; GILA;

EID: 0032103295     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050228     Document Type: Article

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