The roles of glutamatergic and GABAergic nervous system in hypnotic and analgesic actions of general anesthetics

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 534-543

  Nishikawa, Koichi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Analgesia; Extrasynaptic GABA receptor; Hypnosis; Ketamine; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROPOFOL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SEVOFLURANE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; ENZYME INHIBITION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPNOSIS;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATES; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; HYPOTHALAMUS; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; METHYL ETHERS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 79957446917     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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