Succinylcholine-Induced Contractures in Skeletal Muscles of Newborn Cat.

1 February 1960

journal article
research article
Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine

Vol. 103 (2) , 336-338
https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-103-25510

Abstract

Intravenous succinylcholine produces generalized, prolonged contractures in newborn cats prior to 10th-12th postnatal day. This sensitivity of immature muscles to succinylcholine is not related to detectable deficits in their functional innervation.

Keywords

CONTRACTURE/EXPERIMENTAL
SUCCINYLCHOLINE/PHARMACOLOGY