Cardiovascular, respiratory, thermoregulatory, sedative, and analgesic effects of intravenous administration of medetomidine in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 537-544

  Capuano III, Saverio V ^a   Lerche, Nicholas W ^b   Valverde, Celia R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; ATIPRIN; MEDETOMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZALOPINE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RHESUS MONKEY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0032707967     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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