The excitatory and inhibitory effects of nitrous oxide on spinal neuronal responses to noxious stimulation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 829-835

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; ISOFLURANE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPERBARISM; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUNG BAROTRAUMA; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HINDLIMB; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NITROUS OXIDE; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34047267139     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000255696.11833.24     Document Type: Article

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