Effects of thiopental and its optical isomers on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Anesthesiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 774-783

  Downie, David L ^a   Franks, Nicholas P ^a,b   Lieb, William R ^a  

^a Department of Biophysics and Anesthetics ^*

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiral anesthetics; Enantiomers; Ionotropic receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; ENANTIOMER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; IC 50; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033821849     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200009000-00027     Document Type: Article

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