Adjuvant effect of melatonin on anesthesia induced by thiopental sodium, ketamine, and ether in rats

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 697-699

  Budhiraja, Salil ^a,b   Singh, J ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Shiksha Kunj Public School   (India)

Author keywords

Ether; Ketamine; Melatonin; Thiopental

Indexed keywords

ETHER; KETAMINE; MELATONIN; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RIGHTING REFLEX;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ETHER, ETHYL; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; KETAMINE; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 33144483291     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2005.27.10.948896     Document Type: Article

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