A Double-Edged Sword: Volatile Anesthetic Effects on the Neonatal Brain
Brain Sciences, 2014 The use of volatile anesthetics, a group of general anesthetics, is an exceedingly common practice. These anesthetics may have neuroprotective effects. Over the last decade, anesthetic induced neurotoxicity in pediatric populations has gained a certain ...
Sunny Chiao, Zhiyi Zuo
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Hydrocarbon molar water solubility predicts NMDA vs. GABAA receptor modulation. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundMany anesthetics modulate 3-transmembrane (such as NMDA) and 4-transmembrane (such as GABAA) receptors. Clinical and experimental anesthetics exhibiting receptor family specificity often have low water solubility. We hypothesized that the molar
Brosnan, Robert J, Pham, Trung L
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Monosynaptic Functional Connectivity in Cerebral Cortex During Wakefulness and Under Graded Levels of Anesthesia [PDF]
, 2012 The balance between excitation and inhibition is considered to be of significant importance for neural computation and cognitive function. Excitatory and inhibitory functional connectivity in intact cortical neuronal networks in wakefulness and graded ...
Diba, Kamran +4 more
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BMC Anesthesiology, 2018 Background This study aimed to determine whether the use of desflurane (DES) anesthesia combined with bispectral index (BIS) monitoring and warming is effective in reducing anesthesia-controlled operating room time (ACT) in patients undergoing lengthy ...
Hong Yu, Lu Zhang, Ye Ma, Hai Yu
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Desflurane Selectively Suppresses Long-latency Cortical Neuronal Response to Flash in the Rat [PDF]
, 2009 Background—The effect of inhalational anesthetics on sensory-evoked unit activity in the cerebral cortex has been controversial. Desflurane has desirable properties for in vivo neurophysiologic studies but its effect on cortical neuronal activity and ...
Hudetz, Anthony G. +2 more
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The use of anesthetics for cesarean section delivery in women in Duhok, Kurdistan region, Iraq
Journal of Ideas in Health, 2022 Background: Limited information is available on anesthetics that are preferred or used by anesthesiologists for cesarean section (CS) delivery in Kurdistan region, Iraq.
Rozheen Shukry Karam +1 more
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Effect of general anesthetics on the developing brain
Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2012 Studies on rodents and subhuman primates suggest that prolonged exposure to general anesthetics may induce widespread neuronal cell death and neurological sequelae; seriously questioning the safety of pediatric anesthesia.
S Velayudha Reddy
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A mini-review of the effects of inhalational and intravenous anesthetics on oxidative stress in dogs
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 General anesthesia increases the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can exacerbate or increase oxidative stress and thus affect the prognosis of surgical procedures.
Katerina Tomsič, Alenka Nemec Svete
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High-throughput screening in larval zebrafish identifies novel potent sedative-hypnotics [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Many general anesthetics were discovered empirically, but primary screens to find new sedative-hypnotics in drug libraries have not used animals, limiting the types of drugs discovered.
Brown, Lauren E. +12 more
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Long-term effects of neonatal single or multiple isoflurane exposures on spatial memory in rats
Frontiers in Neurology, 2013 General anesthetics are neurotoxic to neonatal rodents and nonhuman primates. Neonatal exposure to general anesthetics has been associated with long-term cognitive deficits in animal models. Some data from humans are consistent with long-term deleterious
Kathy L Murphy, Mark G Baxter
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