Investigation of fading responses induced by non-depolarising muscle relaxants in the evoked EMG of the gastrocnemius muscle of the cat

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 658-662

  Suzuki, T ^a   Nagai, H ^a   Katsumata, N ^a   Ogawa, S ^a   Suzuki, H ^a  

^a SURUGADAI NIHON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

bungarotoxin; conotoxin; Electromyography; Fade; Pancuronium; Rocuronium; Vecuronium; Vesamicol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; PANCURONIUM; ROCURONIUM; TOXIN; VECURONIUM; VESAMICOL;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANDROSTANOLS; ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; CATS; CONOTOXINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PANCURONIUM; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PIPERIDINES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 0033040171     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430611.x     Document Type: Article

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