Different actions of general anesthetics on the firing patterns of neocortical neurons mediated by the GABA(A) receptor

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 500-511

  Antkowiak, Bernd ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Brain; Ethanol; Ketamine; Neocortex; Pentobarbital; Propofol; Rat; Receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BICUCULLINE; DIAZEPAM; ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MUSCIMOL; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; FEMALE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032839130     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199908000-00025     Document Type: Article

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