A new method for measuring motor evoked potentials in the awake rat: Effects of anesthetics

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-275

  Oria, Marc ^a,b,c   Chatauret, Nicolas ^a   Raguer, Nuria ^a,b,c   Córdoba, Juan ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Chronic implantation; Experimental models; Free moving; Motor evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE PLUS XYLAZINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIATIC NERVE; WAKEFULNESS;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 40949156741     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2007.0393     Document Type: Article

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