THE first demonstration of pressure reversal of anaesthesia in amphibians was provided by
the tadpole experiments of Johnson and Flagler 1 with ethanol and ethyl carbamate. Since …

Fifteen women with severe vertebral osteoporosis were treated with daily parathyroid peptide
(hPTH) plus hormone-replacement co-therapy (HRT) for 1 year. Eight other patients were …

The nitrous oxide and halothane contamination in the inspired air of anaesthetists and in
the atmospheres of operating theatres, anaesthetic induction and recovery rooms, were …

Sodium valproate, nipecotic acid, diaminobutyric acid (DABA) and beta-adanine are drugs
which enhance transmission mediated by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by a variety of …

The onset pressures for the tremor, myoclonus and convulsions seen in the high pressure
neurological syndrome (HPNS) are increased following cis-2,3-piperidine dicarboxylic acid 1 …

The high pressure neurological syndrome (HPNS) occurs when man or animals are exposed
to hyperbaric pressure. Four non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists - …

Anesthesia produced by the intravenous steroid agent, Althesin, was studied in Sprague-Dawley
rats with and without high pressure of helium gas up to 100 atmospheres absolute (ATA…

… The preliminary results of this investigation (Wardley-Smith et al. 1981) suggest that opioid
receptors play only a minor role, if any, in hpns, and it is clear that morphine exacerbates …

The effects of volatile anaesthetics on bacterial luciferase were studied in vitro . It was shown
that the concentration of anaesthetic required to inhibit the reaction velocity by 50% was …

The cerebral response evoked by stimulation of the forepaw in the rat shows an increase in
latency and decrease in the amplitude of its initial components as anaesthetic dose (urethane…