Comparing the effects of isoflurane and pentobarbital on the responses of cutaneous mechanoreceptive afferents.
BMC Anesthesiol
; 13: 10, 2013 May 10.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23663566
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
While pentobarbital has been used extensively in neurophysiological experiments investigating activity in peripheral nerves, it has fallen out of favor as an anesthetic because of safety concerns and is often replaced with isoflurane. However, the effects of isoflurane on the excitability of mechanoreceptive afferents have yet to be conclusively elucidated.METHODS:
To fill this gap, we collected extracellular single-unit recordings of cutaneous mechanoreceptive afferents from the sciatic nerve of 21 rats during vibratory stimulation of the hindpaw. We then compared the strength and temporal structure of the afferent response measured under pentobarbital and isoflurane anesthesia.RESULTS:
We found that the strength and temporal structure of afferent responses were statistically equivalent whether these were evoked under isoflurane or pentobarbital.CONCLUSIONS:
We conclude that, if these two anesthetics have any effect on the responses of mechanoreceptive afferents, their effects are indistinguishable.
Texto completo:
1
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Anesthesiol
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos