Nitrous oxide paradoxically modulates slow electroencephalogram oscillations: Implications for anesthesia monitoring

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 758-765

  Foster, Brett L ^a   Liley, David T J ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAS; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REBOUND; RECORDING; REST;

EID: 80053297081     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318227b688     Document Type: Article

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