Latency of pupillary reflex dilation during general anesthesia

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 725-730

  Larson, Merlin D ^a   Berry, Peter D ^a,d   May, Jacqueline ^a   Bjorksten, Andrew ^b   Sessler, Daniel I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nociception; Opioids; Pupil; Sensory block; Windup

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; FENTANYL; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; NALOXONE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; DERMATOME; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; REFLEX; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NOCICEPTORS; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, PUPILLARY;

EID: 3242691395     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00098.2004     Document Type: Article

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