Blockade of acetylcholine receptors does not change the dose of etomidate required to produce immobility in rats

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 850-852

  Zhang, Yi ^b   Laster, Michael J ^a   Eger II, Edmond I ^a,c   Sharma, Manohar ^a   Sonner, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ETOMIDATE; MECAMYLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; ETOMIDATE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 34047245621     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000258018.82583.0b     Document Type: Article

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