The effects of a volatile anaesthetic on the excitability of human corticospinal axons

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 992-1000

  Burke, David ^a,b   Bartley, Kathleen ^a   Woodforth, Ian J ^a   Yakoubi, Antoine ^a   Stephen, John P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics; Axonal excitability; Corticospinal axons; Na+ channels; Transcranial stimulation

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; SEVOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RANVIER NODE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0034089326     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.5.992     Document Type: Article

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