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Anesthesia and Analgesia for Research Animals

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This chapter provides a general overview of anesthesia and analgesia of animals for acute neurologic surgical models. Injectable and inhalant anesthetic agents are discussed, as well as analgesia to control post-operative pain. The impact of anesthetic and analgesic agents on three common acute neurologic surgical models is reviewed. Common agents and doses listed by species are provided.

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Brossia-Root, L.J., Cotroneo, T.M., Hish, G. (2019). Anesthesia and Analgesia for Research Animals. In: Chen, J., Xu, Z., Xu, X., Zhang, J. (eds) Animal Models of Acute Neurological Injury. Springer Series in Translational Stroke Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16082-1_2

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