Isoflurane potency in the northern leopard frog Rana pipiens is similar to that in mammalian species and is unaffected by decerebration

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 757-763

  Barter, L S ^a   Mark, L O ^b   Smith, A C ^a   Antognini, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anaesthesia; Anaesthetic potency; Frog; Inhalants; Isoflurane

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG UPTAKE; FROG; IMMOBILIZATION; MAMMAL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; IMMOBILIZATION; ISOFLURANE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANA PIPIENS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 34250772464     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-007-0077-5     Document Type: Article

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