Further proof that the spinal cord, and not the brain, mediates the immobility produced by inhaled anesthetics

Anesthesiology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 591-595

  Yang, Jing ^a   Chai, Yun Fei ^b   Gong, Chun Yu ^c   Li, Guo Hua ^a   Luo, Nan Fu ^d   Liu, Jin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Second People's Hospital of Chengdu   (China)

^d Ren Fu Pharmacy Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCULATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; EAR VEIN; EMULSION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GOAT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM PARTIAL PRESSURE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; VEIN; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GOATS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 62349100056     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181974bfd     Document Type: Article

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