Suppression of parasympathetic reflex vasodilatation in the lower lip of the cat by isoflurane, propofol, ketamine and pentobarbital: Implications for mechanisms underlying the production of anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 563-568

  Ito, Yutaka ^a   Sato, Minoru ^a   Iwatsuki, Naofumi ^a   Izumi, Hiroshi ^a   Karita, Keishiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics i.v., ketamine; Anaesthetics i.v., propofol; Anaesthetics volatile, isoflurane; Brain, GABA; Hypnotics barbiturate, pentobarbital; Parasympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PROPOFOL; URETHAN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; LINGUAL NERVE; LOWER LIP; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 3543100235     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.4.563     Document Type: Article

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