Identification and characterization of anesthetic targets by mouse molecular genetics approaches

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-190

  Drexler, Berthold ^a   Antkowiak, Bernd ^a   Engin, Elif ^b,c   Rudolph, Uwe ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA3; ALFAXALONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; DESFLURANE; DIAZEPAM; ENFLURANE; ETOMIDATE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; KETAMINE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MIDAZOLAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITROUS OXIDE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL;

AMNESIA; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TARGETING; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGENETICS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNELS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE NET; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79951726995     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-010-9414-1     Document Type: Review

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