What the actions of anaesthetics on fast synaptic transmission reveal about the molecular mechanism of anaesthesia

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 100-101, Issue , 1998, Pages 41-50

  Richards, C D ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barbiturate; Brain; General anaesthetic; Spinal cord; Synapse; Volatile anaesthetic

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALFAXALONE; AMOBARBITAL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHER; ETOMIDATE; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; METHOHEXITAL; METHOXYFLURANE; N [(2,6 DIMETHYLPHENYL)CARBAMOYLMETHYL]TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PROCAINE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANIMALS; HUMANS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032440806     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00163-5     Document Type: Article

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