Diazepam decreases action potential firing of neocortical neurons via two distinct mechanisms

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1394-1399

  Drexler, Berthold ^a   Zinser, Stefan ^a   Hentschke, Harald ^a   Antkowiak, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING SITE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 78650304476     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181f9c035     Document Type: Article

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