Metabolism of general anesthetics.
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Anesthetics and cerebral metabolism.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review focuses on the utilization of the effects of general anesthetics on cerebral metabolism as revealed by imaging for therapeutic and preventive purposes, for understanding mechanisms of anesthetic action, and for elucidating mechanisms of cerebral processing in humans. RECENT FINDINGS General anesthetics suppress cerebral metabolism significantly. This effect has b...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: THE JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL ANESTHESIA
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0285-4945,1349-9149
DOI: 10.2199/jjsca.6.58