Temperature dependence and independence of effects of pentobarbital on visual evoked potentials of rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-191

  Hetzler, Bruce E ^a   Krekow, Lea K ^a  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flash evoked potentials; Hypothermia; Pattern reversal evoked potentials; Pentobarbital; Rats; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HEAT; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PENTOBARBITAL; RATS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032985607     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(98)00040-3     Document Type: Article

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