Isoflurane reduces glutamatergic transmission in neurons in the spinal cord superficial dorsal horn: Evidence for a presynaptic site of an analgesic action

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1718-1723

  Haseneder, Rainer ^a,b   Kurz, Jörge ^a   Dodt, Hans Ulrich U ^b   Kochs, Eberhard ^a   Zieglgänsberger, Walter ^b   Scheller, Michaela ^a   Rammes, Gerhard ^b   Hapfelmeier, Gerhard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; TETRODOTOXIN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT POTENTIAL; DRUG POTENCY; EVALUATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MALE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 2442703103     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000112309.80017.3F     Document Type: Article

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