Spinal anaesthesia indirectly depresses cortical activity associated with electrical stimulation of the reticular formation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-238

  Antognini, J F ^a,b   Jinks, S L ^a   Atherley, R ^a   Clayton, C ^a   Carstens, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional, subarachnoid; Anaesthetics local, lidocaine; Anaesthetics volatile, isoflurane; Brain, reticular formation; Theories of anaesthetic action, mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GOAT; INHIBITION KINETICS; LAMINECTOMY; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THALAMUS;

EID: 0042200522     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg168     Document Type: Article

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