The role of the NMDA synapse in general anesthesia

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 100-101, Issue , 1998, Pages 23-29

  Flohr, H ^a   Glade, U ^a   Motzko, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

General anesthesia; NMDA synapse; NMDA dependent processes

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 PHOSPHONOMETHYLPIPECOLIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANESTHETIC AGENT; DIZOCILPINE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENCYCLIDINE;

ANESTHESIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HYPOTHESIS; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; THEORY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032432568     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00161-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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