Evaluation of administration of isoflurane at approximately the minimum alveolar concentration on depression of a nociceptive withdrawal reflex evoked by transcutaneous electrical stimulation in ponies

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 762-769

  Spadavecchia, Claudia ^a,d   Levionnois, Olivier ^a   Kronen, Peter W ^a   Leandri, Massimo ^b   Spadavecchia, Luciano ^c   Schatzmann, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; HORSE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HORSES; ISOFLURANE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33744485542     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.5.762     Document Type: Article

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