General Anesthetics Inhibit Gap Junction Communication in Cultured Organotypic Hippocampal Slices
General Anesthetics Inhibit Gap Junction Communication in Cultured Organotypic Hippocampal Slices
Kirsten Wentlandt,M. Samoilova,P. Carlen,H. Beheiry
2006 · DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000202472.41103.78
Anesthesia and Analgesia · 68 Citations
TLDR
It is illustrated that anesthetic concentrations of propofol and thiopental, but not halothane, attenuate gap junction communication in cultured hippocampal slices, which could compound the mechanisms of anesthetic actions.