Dynamic aspects of acute tolerance to allopregnanolone evaluated using anaesthesia threshold in male rats

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 560-567

  Zhu, Di ^a   Birzniece, V ^a   Backstrom T ^a   Wahlstrom G ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, depth; Anaesthetics i.v., allopregnanolone; Measurement techniques, radioimmunoassay; Model, rat; Pharmacology, tolerance

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ELTANOLONE; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TOLERANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG TOLERANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 5444275187     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh233     Document Type: Article

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