Anesthetics - Pharmacology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Cortical inhibition during burst suppression induced with isoflurane anesthesia.

3 Aug 2009 Isoflurane is a widely used anesthetic which safely and reversibly induces deep coma and associated burst suppression (BS) electroencephalographic patterns. Here we investigate possible underlying causes for the state of cortical hyperexcitability ... Read more...

Anesthetic-induced preconditioning delays opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore via protein Kinase C-epsilon-mediated pathway.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Cardioprotection by volatile anesthetic-induced preconditioning (APC) involves activation of protein kinase C (PKC). This study investigated the importance of APC-activated PKC in delaying mitochondrial permeability transition pore ... Read more...

Practical use of the raw electroencephalogram waveform during general anesthesia: the art and science.

30 Jul 2009 Quantitative electroencephalogram (qEEG) monitors are often used to estimate depth of anesthesia and intraoperative recall during general anesthesia. As with any monitor, the processed numerical output is often misleading and has to be interpreted ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Anesthetics - Pharmacology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Limitations in ultrasound imaging techniques in anesthesia: obesity and muscle atrophy? 30 Aug 2009
• Cortical inhibition during burst suppression induced with isoflurane anesthesia. 3 Aug 2009
• Bibliography. Current world literature. Drugs in anesthesia,. 30 Jul 2009
• Is anesthesiology going soft?: trends in fragile pharmacology. 30 Jul 2009
• Anesthetic-induced preconditioning delays opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore via protein Kinase C-epsilon-mediated pathway. 30 Jul 2009
• Practical use of the raw electroencephalogram waveform during general anesthesia: the art and science. 30 Jul 2009
• Anesthesia and pharmacogenetics. 29 Jun 2009
• Advances in pharmacology and therapeutics. 29 Jun 2009
• The temperature dependence of lipid membrane permeability, its quantized nature, and the influence of anesthetics. Jun 2009
• Hypotensive anesthesia with esmolol. Assessment of hemodynamics, consumption of anesthetic drugs, and recovery. 30 May 2009
• The effects of different anesthetic agents on short electroretinography protocol in dogs. 30 May 2009
• Will platelets be the novel target of perioperative inflammation? 30 May 2009
• Structure-based shape pharmacophore modeling for the discovery of novel anesthetic compounds. 27 May 2009
• Central opioid inhibition of neuroendocrine stress responses in pregnancy in the rat is induced by the neurosteroid allopregnanolone. 18 May 2009
• Anaesthetic and cardiorespiratory effects of romifidine/ketamine combinations in cats. 10 May 2009
• What makes a molecule an anaesthetic? Studies on the mechanisms of anaesthesia using a physicochemical approach. 10 May 2009
• Progesterone receptor A (PRA) and PRB-independent effects of progesterone on gonadotropin-releasing hormone release. 5 May 2009
• A brief report of student research: mechanism of analgesic effect and efficacy and anesthesia interactions of kava in the male Sprague-Dawley rat. 29 Apr 2009
• The effects of agonists of ionotropic GABA(A) and metabotropic GABA(B) receptors on learning. 29 Apr 2009
• All together now. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Anesthetics'

Definition: Agents that are capable of inducing a total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensation and pain. They may act to induce general ANESTHESIA, in which an unconscious state is achieved, or may act locally to induce numbness or lack of sensation at a targeted site.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D000777

Alternative terms: Anesthetics; Anesthetic Agents; Agents, Anesthetic; Anesthetic Drugs; Drugs, Anesthetic;

Related Mesh Headings: Analgesics; Adjuvants, Anesthesia;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Tree Number: D27.505.696.277.100; D27.505.954.427.210.100;

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specific groups; no qualifiers for anesthetics when used to produce anesthesia; with type of anesthesia: Manual 26.21+; policy: Manual 25.20+