Sensory and motor effects of etomidate anesthesia

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1231-1243

  Engelmann, Jacob ^a,b   Bacelo, Joao ^a   Van Den Burg, Erwin ^a   Grant, Kirsty ^a  

^a Unite de Neurosciences Integratives et Computationnelles   (France)

^b Institute for Zoology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ETOMIDATE; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FISH; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTRIC FISH; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ETOMIDATE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; NEURONS; SENSE ORGANS;

EID: 33644870170     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00405.2005     Document Type: Article

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