The anesthetics nitrous oxide and ketamine are more neurotoxic to old than to young rat brain

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 947-956

  Jevtovic Todorovic, Vesna ^a   Carter, Lisa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging brain; Endoplasmic reticuli; Mitochondria; NMDA antagonists; Posterior cingulate retrosplenial cortex; Vacuolar reaction

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844277020     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.07.009     Document Type: Article

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