Nitrous oxide and isoflurane are synergistic with respect to amplitude and latency effects on sensory evoked potentials

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-123

  Sloan, Tod ^a   Sloan, H ^b   Rogers, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Evoked potential; Halothane; Isoflurane; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE RATIOS; AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSE; CLINICAL EFFECTS; CORTICAL REGIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED RESPONSE; INDIVIDUAL AGENT; ISOFLURANE; LATENCY CHANGES; MEDIAN NERVES; METHOD OF ANALYSIS; NITROUS OXIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MIXTURES; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ANESTHETICS;

HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; ISOFLURANE; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE; PAPIO; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77953326991     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-009-9219-3     Document Type: Article

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