The lateral pressure profile in membranes: A physical mechanism of general anesthesia

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 100-101, Issue , 1998, Pages 451-458

  Cantor, Robert S ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkanol cutoff; Lateral pressure; Lipid mediated mechanism; Perfluorocarbons

Indexed keywords

ALKANOL; FLUOROCARBON; LIPID; PROTEIN;

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG POTENCY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPOTHESIS; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE; MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FLUOROCARBONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032429612     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00220-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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