The differential effects of equipotent doses of isoflurane and desflurane on hippocampal acetylcholine levels in young and aged rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 471, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-170

  Whittington, Robert A ^a   Virág, László ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Desflurane; Hippocampus; Isoflurane; Microdialysis; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DESFLURANE; ISOFLURANE;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FISCHER 344 RAT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICRODIALYSIS; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ISOFLURANE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 76749114678     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.01.034     Document Type: Article

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