Desflurane affords greater protection than halothane against focal cerebral ischaemia in the rat

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 390-396

  Haelewyn, B ^a   Yvon, A ^a   Hanouz, J L ^a   MacKenzie, E T ^a   Ducouret, P ^a   Gerard J L ^a   Roussel, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics volatile, desflurane; Anaesthetics volatile, halothane; Brain, neuroprotection; Complications, middle cerebral artery occlusion; Rat

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; HALOTHANE; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTUBATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0042830435     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg186     Document Type: Article

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