Anesthesia and other considerations for in vivo imaging of small animals

ILAR Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-26

  Hildebrandt, Isabel J ^a   Su, Helen ^a   Weber, Wolfgang A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Animal handling; Fasting; Imaging; Mouse; PET; Small animal

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; PENTOBARBITAL; XYLAZINE;

BIOLUMINESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; BREATHING PATTERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG SAFETY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLARIMETRY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38049003590     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.49.1.17     Document Type: Review

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