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Anesthetic and postanesthetic effects of isoflurane on neuronal activity in the rat hippocampus

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In this study, we explored anesthetic and postanesthetic effects of isoflurane on GABA-ergic and glutamatergic systems in the rat hippocampus. Our results demonstrate that different neuronal targets affected by isoflurane recover from anesthesia at dissimilar rates.

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  1. Bogomolets Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

    E. Isaeva, D. Isaev & G. L. Holmes

  2. Neuroscience Center at Dartmouth, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, USA

    E. Isaeva & D. Isaev

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  1. E. Isaeva
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Neirofiziologiya/Neurophysiology, Vol. 39, Nos. 4/5, pp. 371–373, July–October, 2007.

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Isaeva, E., Isaev, D. & Holmes, G.L. Anesthetic and postanesthetic effects of isoflurane on neuronal activity in the rat hippocampus. Neurophysiology 39, 325–326 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11062-007-0044-3

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