ANESTHETICS AND ELECTROCONVULSIVE-THERAPY SEIZURE DURATION - IMPLICATIONS FOR THERAPY FROM A RAT MODEL
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 16 (12) , 1163-1175
Abstract
The anesthetic agents methohexital (Brevital), Innovar and ketamine (Ketaject) were examined for their effect on seizure duration following electroconvulsive stimulation in a rat model of electroconvulsive therapy. Compared to unanesthetized control animals, methohexital anesthesia shortened seizure duration by 42%, ketamine anesthesia tended to increase seizure duration, and Innovar anesthesia had no effect on duration of seizures.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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