Post-synaptic inhibitory mechanisms of anaesthesia; glycine receptors

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 100-101, Issue , 1998, Pages 71-76

  Daniels, S ^a   Roberts, R J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Glycine receptors; Inhibitory mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHER; ETOMIDATE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HALOTHANE; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHOHEXITAL; NITROUS OXIDE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL; XENON;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BARBITURATES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SYNAPSES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032418839     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00167-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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