Effects of isoflurane and enflurane on GABAA and glycine receptors contribute equally to depressant actions on spinal ventral horn neurones in rats

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 687-694

  Grasshoff, Christian ^a   Antkowiak, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics volatile; Molecular mechanisms; Neurones, spinal

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ENFLURANE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; ISOFLURANE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; EMBRYO; INTERNEURON; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 33750107049     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/ael239     Document Type: Article

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