Complex effects of general anesthesia on sensory processing in the spinal dorsal horn

Brain Research

Volumn 812, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 301-304

  Yanagidani, Tadao ^a   Ota, Kouchi ^a   Collins, J G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic; Enflurane; LT neuron; Receptive field; Spinal cord; Volatile; WDR neuron

Indexed keywords

ENFLURANE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WAKEFULNESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CATS; ENFLURANE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032561717     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00938-X     Document Type: Article

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