Hypothesis: Suppression of memory protein formation underlies anesthetic-induced amnesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 768-770

  Alkire, Michael T ^a   Guzowski, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; DESFLURANE; MESSENGER RNA; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR;

AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANESTHESIA; EDITORIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMNESIA; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMORY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS;

EID: 56149099843     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31818aa6f2     Document Type: Editorial

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