Halothane presynaptically depresses synaptic transmission in wild-type Drosophila larvae but not in halothane-resistant (har) mutants

Anesthesiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1691-1697

  Nishikawa, Koh Ichi ^a   Kidokoro, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Excitatory junctional currents; Glutamate; Neuromuscular junction; Patch clamp; Volatile anesthetics

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG RESISTANCE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HALOTHANE; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033023215     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199906000-00026     Document Type: Article

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