Presynaptic and postsynaptic effects of the anesthetics sevoflurane and nitrous oxide in the human spinal cord

Anesthesiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 553-562

  Baars, Jan H ^a   Benzke, Michael ^a   Von Dincklage, Falk ^a   Reiche, Josephine ^a   Schlattmann, Peter ^a   Rehberg, Benno ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NIGHTMARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIDE EFFECT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NITROUS OXIDE; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 34748813716     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000282099.30437.46     Document Type: Article

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