Partial antagonism of propofol anaesthesia by physostigmine in rats is associated with potentiation of fast (80-200 Hz) oscillations in the thalamus

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 646-653

  Reed, S J ^a   Plourde, G ^a   Tobin, S ^b   Chapman, C A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; anaesthesia; anticholinesterase; barrel cortex; electrophysiology; general anaesthetics; local field potentials; rat; thalamus

Indexed keywords

PHYSOSTIGMINE; PROPOFOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VENTROPOSTEROMEDIAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84875668364     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes432     Document Type: Article

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