Effects of telazol and nembutal on retinal responses

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-51

  Chaudhary, Varun ^a   Hansen, Ronald ^a   Lindgren, Holly ^a   Fulton, Anne ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Nembutal; Photoreceptors; Rats; Retinal neurons; Telazol

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID; PENTOBARBITAL; TELAZOL; XYLAZINE;

A WAVE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; B WAVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PHOTORECEPTOR; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

AGING; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PENTOBARBITAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; TILETAMINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

EID: 0042313938     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024444113700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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