Thiopental produces immobility primarily by supraspinal actions in rats

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 128-136

  Stabernack, Caroline ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Sonner, James M ^a   Laster, Michael ^a   Eger II, Edmond I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; EX VIVO STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFUSION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TAIL FLICK TEST;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; ISOFLURANE; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 10944226761     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000139353.97950.FA     Document Type: Article

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