A method for recording single unit activity in lumbar spinal cord in rats anesthetized with nitrous oxide in a hyperbaric chamber

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-222

  Antognini, Joseph F ^a   Atherley, Richard J ^a   Laster, Michael J ^b   Carstens, Earl ^a   Dutton, Robert C ^b   Eger II, Edmond I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Electrophysiology; Hyperbaric; Nitrous oxide; Nociception; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROANESTHESIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFUSION PUMP; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NITROUS OXIDE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33846931069     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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