The quest for a unified model of anesthetic action: A century in claude Bernard's shadow

Anesthesiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 465-474

  Perouansky, Misha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHETICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84865606561     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318264492e     Document Type: Article

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