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Animal Anesthesia and Monitoring

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Anesthesia is a pharmacologically induced reversible state of amnesia, analgesia, loss of consciousness, loss of skeletal muscle reflexes, and decreased stress response.

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  1. Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    Marc Hein & Anna B. Roehl

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  1. Chair of Experimental Molecular Imaging, University of Aachen (RWTH), Pauwelsstraße 20, Aachen, 52074, Germany

    Fabian Kiessling

  2. Laboratory for Preclinical Imaging and Imaging Technology of the Werner Siemens-Foundation, Department of Radiology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Röntgenweg 13, Tübingen, 72076, Germany

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Hein, M., Roehl, A.B., Tolba, R.H. (2011). Animal Anesthesia and Monitoring. In: Kiessling, F., Pichler, B. (eds) Small Animal Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12945-2_7

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