Ketamine anesthesia helps preserve neuronal viability

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-232

  de Oliveira, Ramatis B ^a   Graham, Brett ^a   Howlett, Marcus C H ^a,b   Gravina, Fernanda S ^a   Oliveira, Max W S ^a   Imtiaz, Mohammad S ^a,c   Callister, Robert J ^a   Lim, Rebecca ^a   Brichta, Alan M ^a   van Helden, Dirk F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrophysiological properties; Hypoglossal motor neurons; Input resistance; Ketamine; Locus coeruleus; Viability

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; KETAMINE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77953133734     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.03.029     Document Type: Article

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