Identification of a molecular target mediating the general anesthetic actions of pentobarbital

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 852-859

  Zeller, Anja ^a   Arras, Margarete ^a   Jurd, Rachel ^a   Rudolph, Uwe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALTHESIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ETOMIDATE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HYPNOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MICE; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REFLEX; RESPIRATION;

EID: 33847139828     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.106.030049     Document Type: Article

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