General anesthetic actions on GABAA receptors

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-9

  Garcia, Paul S ^a   Kolesky, Scott E ^a   Jenkins, Andrew ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbiturates; Desflurane; Etomidate; GABAA receptor; General anesthetic; Isoflurane; Propofol; Sevoflurane

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; DESFLURANE; DIAZEPAM; ETOMIDATE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METHOHEXITAL; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL; XENON;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVIEW;

EID: 77950235888     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157015910790909502     Document Type: Review

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