General anesthetics in pediatric anesthesia: Influences on the developing brain

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 944-951

  McCann, Mary Ellen ^a   Soriano, Sulpicio G ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Neonate; Neuroapoptosis; Neurocognition; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ARTICAINE; BUPIVACAINE; CARNITINE; CLONAZEPAM; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIAZEPAM; ESTRADIOL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LITHIUM; MELATONIN; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PENTOBARBITAL; PRILOCAINE; PROCAINE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; TETRACAINE; THIOPENTAL; XENON;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84861717404     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945012800675768     Document Type: Review

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