Preclinical research into the effects of anesthetics on the developing brain: Promises and pitfalls

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 362-367

  Mintz, Cyrus David ^a   Wagner, Meredith ^b   Loepke, Andreas W ^c  

^a Division of Neuroanesthesia   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthesia; animal research; brain; in vitro; in vivo; infant; neonate; neuroapoptosis; neurotoxicity; pediatric; sedation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; RESEARCH;

EID: 84866428797     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31826a0495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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