Reversal of medetomidine-ketamine combination anesthesia in rabbits by atipamezole

Experimental Animals

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 423-428

  Kim, Min Su ^a   Jeong, Seong Mok ^a   Park, Jae Hak ^a   Nam, Tchi Chou ^a   Seo, Kang Moon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Atipamezole; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ATIPAMEZOLE; KEIRAN; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RECORDING; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMIDAZOLES; KETAMINE; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16644388218     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.53.423     Document Type: Article

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