Effect of three types of mixed anesthetic agents alternate to ketamine in mice

Experimental Animals

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 481-487

  Kawai, Sumiko ^a   Takagi, Yasuhiro ^a   Kaneko, Shiro ^a   Kurosawa, Tsutomu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Butorphanol; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Midazolam

Indexed keywords

BUTORPHANOL; CELACTAR; DOMITOL; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; PENTOBARBITAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VETORPHALE; XYLAZINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHETIC DURATION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RIGHTING REFLEX; SCORING SYSTEM; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BUTORPHANOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; JAPAN; KETAMINE; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTICS; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 80155161545     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.60.481     Document Type: Article

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