Observations on Xylazine-Ketamine-Isoflurane Anesthesia in Constrictor Snakes

Evaluation of isoflurane anesthesia after xylazine/ketamine administration in dromedary camels

Differential neurochemical responses in the rat striatum with isoflurane or ketamine/xylazine anesthesia: In vivo proton MRS

Introduction Since the small animal imaging generally requires anesthesia, anesthetic agents can induce unintended effects on animal physiology that may confound the results of imaging studies [1]. The use of isoflurane and ketamine/xylazine anesthesia is popular in imaging studies of laboratory animals. The striatum is the major input station of the basal ganglia system. It is involved in Park...

Yohimbine reduces neuropathology induced by ketamine/xylazine anesthesia.

Ketamine, an NMDA receptor antagonist, is commonly used in combination with xylazine, an alpha 2-adrenergic receptor agonist, to induce surgical anesthesia in birds and other vertebrates. Problems associated with this anesthetic combination include impaired thermoregulation, compounded by the inability to feed while anesthesia lasts (approximately 6 h after a single dose), and the ketamine-indu...

Differential effects of ketamine/xylazine anesthesia on the cerebral and cerebellar cortical activities in the rat.

Cerebellum is a highly organized structure with a crystalline morphology that has always intrigued neuroscientists. Much of the cerebellar research has been conducted in anesthetized animals, particularly using ketamine/xylazine combination in rats. It is not clear how and to what extent the cerebellar cortical circuitry is affected by this anesthesia. In this study, we recorded spontaneous and...

The effect of isoflurane anesthesia on memory

Memory and learning are considered as the most complicated and important processes of behavioral sciences. On the other hand, considering the wide .and progressively increasing applications of anesthetic agents all over the world, it is of great importance to have a reasonable knowledge regarding their effects on the memory process and its retrieval. The main purpose of this study was to evalua...