Strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors mediate the analgesic but not hypnotic effects of emulsified volatile anesthetics

Pharmacology

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 151-157

  Chen, Yan ^a   Dai, Ti Jun ^a   Zeng, Yin Ming ^a  

^a XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Glycine receptor; Hypnosis; Strychnine; Volatile anesthetic

Indexed keywords

ENFLURANE; ETHER; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; SEVOFLURANE; STRYCHNINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HOT PLATE TEST; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMULSIONS; ENFLURANE; ETHER, ETHYL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GLYCINE AGENTS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; ISOFLURANE; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MICE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 34547769339     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103255     Document Type: Article

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