Volatile anesthetic sensitivity of T-type calcium currents in various cell types

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 168-173

  McDowell, Thomas S ^a,b   Pancrazio, Joseph J ^a   Barrett, Paula Q ^a   Lynch III, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CATTLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE CELL; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCARDIUM; NEURONS; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

EID: 0032948921     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199901000-00032     Document Type: Article

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