Mechanisms of general anesthesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 427-433

  Orser, Beverley A ^a   Canning, Kevin J ^a   MacDonald, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Extrasynaptic; GABA; Neurosteroids; Nicotinic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROFORM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROSTEROID; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SAFETY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LIPID SOLUBILITY; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036076034     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200208000-00004     Document Type: Review

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