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Somatosensory nerve conduction was measured in 13 male Wistar rats repeatedly while the animals were awaking from a Barbiturate narcosis. The peripheral, spinal and lemniscal sensory volley conduction was examined simultaneously at 20-min intervals. The Barbiturate narcosis did not influence the volley conduction in the peripheral nerve, but the spinal and intralemniscal sensory volley conduction was affected. The Barbiturate caused a conduction delay which was more pronounced in the central sections of the sensory pathway.
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Claus, D., Weitbrecht, W., Neundörfer, B. (1985). Pentobarbital: The Influence on Somatosensory Conduction in the Rat. In: Schramm, J., Jones, S.J. (eds) Spinal Cord Monitoring. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70687-5_11
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