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Anesthesia, the Spinal Cord and Motor Responses to Noxious Stimulation

Year: 2003

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: The spinal cord has emerged as an important site of anesthetic action. For many decades, studies that examined the effects of anesthetics on spinal cord function had unknown impact, since it was unclear what clinical endpoint might be affected by such action. For example, when an anesthetic depresses spinal dorsal horn neuronal responses to tactile stimulation, what endpoint is achieved? Because the movement response that accompanies noxious stimulation is ablated in large part via a spinal cord action of anesthetics (1–3), there is renewed interest in the effects of anesthetics on the spinal cord.

Source: Humana Press eBooks

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59259-322-4_11

Authors: Joseph F. Antognini, Earl Carstens

Language: English

Topic: Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2198869828

FWCI: 1.256

Cites: 120

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10