Anesthesia with intraperitoneal propofol, medetomidine, and fentanyl in rats

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 454-459

  Alves, Heber Nuno Castro ^a,b   Da Silva, Aura Luísa Maia ^a,b   Olsson, Ingrid Anna S ^b   Orden, José Manuel Gonzalo ^c   Antunes, Luis Marques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Departament of Medicine   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATIPAMEZOLE; FENTANYL; MEDETOMIDINE; PROPOFOL;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PULSE RATE; RAT; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; FENTANYL; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; PROPOFOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77956138574     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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