Isoflurane depresses diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in rats between 0.8 and 1.2 Minimum alveolar anesthetic concentration

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-116

  Jinks, Steven L ^a,b   Antognini, Joseph F ^a,b   Carstens, Earl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TAIL; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0038311848     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000066259.39584.F7     Document Type: Article

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