Excitatory effects of fentanyl upon the rat electroencephalogram and auditory-evoked potential responses during anaesthesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 800-808

  Antunes, Luis M ^a,b   Roughan, J V ^a   Flecknell, P A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics, general, isoflurane, propofol; Analgesics, opioid, fentanyl; Mental process, arousal, awareness; Monitoring, intraoperative, auditory, electroencephalography, evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; NALOXONE; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMORAL ARTERY; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PULSE RATE; RAT; TRACHEA;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROPOFOL; RATS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0141895106     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021503001297     Document Type: Article

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