Fentanyl, an agonist at the mu opioid receptor, depresses pupillary unrest

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 189, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-74

  Bokoch, Michael P ^a   Behrends, Matthias ^a   Neice, Andrew ^b   Larson, Merlin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Midbrain; Opioids; Oscillations; Pupil

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPRM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDINGER WESTPHAL NUCLEUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MESENCEPHALON; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPIL DISEASE; PUPILLARY UNREST; PUPILLOMETER; PUPILLOMETRY; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ARTHROSCOPY; BLINKING; DRUG EFFECTS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; KNEE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL REFLEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURGERY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHROSCOPY; BLINKING; FENTANYL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84925860937     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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