Supraspinal anesthesia: Behavioral and electroencephalographic effects of intracerebroventricularly infused pentobarbital, propofol, fentanyl, and midazolam

Anesthesiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 764-778

  Jugovac, Izabela ^a   Imas, Olga ^a   Hudetz, Anthony G ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMELLING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; VIBRISSA;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FENTANYL; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33749188604     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200610000-00023     Document Type: Article

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