Dexamethasone has a central antiemetic mechanism in decerebrated cats

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 734-739

  Ho, Chiu Ming ^a   Ho, Shung Tai ^b   Wang, Jhi Joung ^c   Tsai, Shen Kou ^a   Chai, Chok Yung ^d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MIFEPRISTONE; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MECHANISM; LATENT PERIOD; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID THERAPY; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ANTIEMETICS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; DEXAMETHASONE; MICROINJECTIONS; MIFEPRISTONE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 4143107013     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000130003.68288.C7     Document Type: Article

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