Behavioural effects of chronic exposure to subanesthetic concentrations of halothane, sevoflurane and desflurane in rats

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 653-658

  Ozer, Murat ^a   Baris, Sibel ^a   Karakaya, Deniz ^a   Kocamanoglu, Serhat ^a   Tur, Ayla ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; HALOTHANE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FLOW RATE; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 33747586280     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03021623     Document Type: Article

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