Propofol anaesthesia in mice is potentiated by muscimol and reversed by bicuculline

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 665-667

  Irifune, M ^a   Sugimura, M ^a   Takarada, T ^a   Maeoka, K ^a   Shimizu, Y ^a   Dohi, T ^a   Nishikawa, T ^b   Kawahara, M ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics i.v, propofol; Brain, GABA; Mouse; Pharmacology, bicuculline; Pharmacology, muscimol; Receptors, amino acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; PROPOFOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX;

EID: 0032882424     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/83.4.665     Document Type: Article

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