Effect of volatile anaesthetics on the electrical activity and the coupling coefficient of weakly electrically coupled neurones

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 199-213

  Qazzaz, M M ^a   Winlow, W ^b,c  

^a University of Birzeit   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical coupling; Lymnaea; Met enkephalin; Volatile anaesthetics

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; METENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; LYMNAEA; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; LYMNAEA; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0032729916     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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