Enflurane actions on spinal cords from mice that lack the β3 subunit of the GABAA receptor

Anesthesiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 154-164

  Wong, Shirley M E ^a   Cheng, Gong ^a   Homanics, Gregg E ^b   Kendig, Joan J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; ENFLURANE; GLUTAMIC ACID; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT POTENTIAL; DRUG MECHANISM; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0034943239     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200107000-00026     Document Type: Article

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