Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
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The mechanisms of general anesthesia constitute one of the great unsolved problems of classical neuropharmacology. Since the discovery of general anesthesia, hundreds of substances have been tested and found to possess anesthetic activity. Anesthetics differ tremendously in their chemical, physical, and pharmacological properties, greatly varying in size, in chemically active groups, and in the combinations of interactions and chemical reactions that they can undergo. The B. W. Urban Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin , Universitätsklinikum Bonn , Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25 , 53127 Bonn , Germany [email protected]
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