Central nervous system electrical synapses as likely targets for intravenous general anesthetics

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1689-1691

  Johansson, Jonas S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TARGETING; EDITORIAL; EPHAPSE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNEURON; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33744456739     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000220014.93126.B4     Document Type: Article

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