d tubocurarine/hypoxia

Nondepolarizing muscle relaxants are administered to hypoxic neonates (including those with severe cyanotic congenital heart disease) to reduce oxygen consumption. However, it is unknown whether paralysis actually reduces oxygen consumption or whether the drugs used affect the cardiovascular system

We, and others, have previously demonstrated that N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor is involved in hypoxia or ischemia-mediated responses. We found that the NMDA antagonist ketamine attenuates cortical nitric oxide release during cerebroischemia. It has been reported that ethanol (EtOH)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the hypothesis that ketamine, a non-competitive antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, attenuates hypoxia-induced striatal dopamine release in vivo. High-speed chronoamperometric recording techniques, using Nafion-coated carbon fiber

Dissociated rat glomus cells were loaded with Fura-2 AM to study the effects of hypoxia, and carotid body transmitters on intracellular calcium, [Ca2+]i. The mean control [Ca2+]i was 55 nM in isolated cells and 67 nM in clusters. The following procedures changed [Ca2+]i:0[Ca2+]o+EGTA reduced [Ca2+]i

Diaphragmatic electromyographic activity, tracheal and amniotic fluid pressures, lung liquid flow, and carotid and jugular venous pressures were measured on eight fetal lambs who survived for periods of 9-43 days postoperatively. The fetal gestational age ranged from 98 to 113 days at operation.

The effect of ACh on the release of adenosine was studied in rat whole carotid bodies, and the nicotinic ACh receptors involved in the stimulation of this release were characterized. ACh and nicotinic ACh receptor agonists, cytisine, DMPP and nicotine, caused a concentration-dependent increase in

We investigated whether impaired sarcolemmal excitability causes severe fatigue during repeated tetani in isolated mouse skeletal muscle. Slow-twitch soleus or fast-twitch extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles underwent intensive stimulation (standard protocol: 125 Hz for 500 ms, every second,

In 1958, an 11-year-old girl with status epilepticus was given the current treatments which failed to control the convulsions. In order to stop the fits, protect the airway, prevent hypoxia and hyperpyrexia, intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) and complete muscle paralysis with

Carotid bodies and their nerves were excised from rabbits or cats, cleaned of surrounding connective tissue and placed in a chamber through which mammalian saline equilibrated with different gas mixtures was allowed to flow. Single fibers were isolated and identified as chemosensory by their