Propofol depresses the activity of hypoglossal nerve more than that of phrenic nerve in rabbits

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-142

  Nakamura, Shinichi ^a   Hayashi, Kazuhito ^a   Sakamaki, Hideo ^a   Murakami, Yasuo ^a   Tsuchiya, Masahiko ^a   Mishima, Masaru ^a   Nishida, Masaaki ^a   Takahara, Tomohiro ^a   Hitosugi, Naoko ^a   Hatsukari, Ikusuke ^a   Mizukami, Satoshi ^a   Nagasaka, Hiroshi ^b   Miyata, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypoglossal nerve activity; Phrenic nerve activity; Propofol; Respiratory depression

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

AIRWAY; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BOLUS INJECTION; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; RABBIT; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VAGOTOMY;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE; PROPOFOL; RABBITS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0037296492     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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