Pre-synaptic function explains age-dependent actions of general anesthetics in the rat hippocampal synaptic transmission

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 872-877

  Hirota, Koki ^a   Sasaki, Rika ^a   Yamazaki, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino butyric acid; Aging; General anesthetic; Hippocampal slice; Sevoflurane; Synaptic transmission; Thiopental

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THIOPENTAL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84863854340     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: 18793177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2012.04.023     Document Type: Article

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