Atomistic Study of Lipid Membranes Containing Chloroform: Looking for a Lipid-Mediated Mechanism of Anesthesia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Reigada, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; SIMULATION;

ANESTHESIA; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HALOGENS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84871749323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052631     Document Type: Article

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