Nitrogen at raised pressure interacts with the GABAa receptor to produce its narcotic pharmacological effect in the rat

Anesthesiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 921-927

  David, Hélène N ^a   Balon, Norbert ^b   Rostain, Jean Claude ^b   Abraini, Jacques H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION;

EID: 0034786074     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200110000-00021     Document Type: Article

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