A pathophysiological study of abdominal organs following intraperitoneal injections of chloral hydrate in rats: Comparison between two anaesthesia protocols

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 84-90

  Vachon, Pascal ^a   Faubert, Stéphane ^b   Biais, Diane ^c   Comtois, Alain ^d   Bienvenu, Jean Guy ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish Gen H ^*

Author keywords

Adynamic ileus; Anaesthesia; Chloral hydrate; Intestinal contractions; Rats

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHLORAL HYDRATE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DUODENUM MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0033965875     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367700780578082     Document Type: Article

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