Tricaine (MS-222) is a safe anesthetic compound compared to benzocaine and pentobarbital to induce anesthesia in leopard frogs (Rana pipiens)

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-474

  Cakir, Yavuz ^a   Strauch, Stephen M ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzocaine; Heart rate and ECG (electrocardiogram); Leopard frog; MS 222; Pentobarbital; Righting reflex; Safe anesthesia; Tricaine

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZOCAINE; PENTOBARBITAL; TRICAINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FROG; HEART RATE; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; QT PROLONGATION; RESUSCITATION; RIGHTING REFLEX;

EID: 24744454872     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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