General anesthetics and the developing brain

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 368-373

  Istaphanous, George K ^a   Loepke, Andreas W ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Brain; Gamma aminobutyrate; N methyl D aspartate; Neonate; Neuroapoptosis; Neurotoxicity; Sedatives

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL; XENON;

APOPTOSIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEARNING DISORDER; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS;

EID: 67649522015     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3283294c9e     Document Type: Review

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