Propofol and etomidate depress cortical, thalamic, and reticular formation neurons during anesthetic-induced unconsciousness

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 661-669

  Andrada, Jason ^a   Livingston, Preetha ^a   Lee, Bong Jae ^b   Antognini, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MESENCEPHALON; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VIBRISSA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ETOMIDATE; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PROPOFOL; RETICULAR FORMATION; THALAMUS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84857651219     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182405228     Document Type: Article

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