Intracarotid propofol testing: A comparative study with amobarbital

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 503-507

  Mikati, Mohamad A ^a   Naasan, Georges ^a   Tarabay, Hayssam ^a   Yamen, Sarah El ^a   Baydoun, Ahmad ^a   Comair, Youssef G ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Amobarbital; Memory; Propofol; Speech; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESTLESSNESS; SEDATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIDE EFFECT; TIME; TREMOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WADA TEST;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMOBARBITAL; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CATHETERIZATION; CONFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROPOFOL; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049109580     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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