Nitrous oxide: From neurotoxicity to neuroprotection?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2705-2706

  Bracco, David ^a   Hemmerling, Thomas M ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

N methyl D aspartate receptors; Neuroprotection; Nitrous oxide; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITROUS OXIDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; DEMENTIA; DRUG ABUSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STROKE; WOUND INFECTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITROUS OXIDE; RATS;

EID: 53049089552     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181833bdc     Document Type: Editorial

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