Nitrous oxide activates the supraspinal pain inhibition system

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 1981 Dec;25(6):519-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1981.tb01697.x.

Abstract

The effects th groups the changes in CO and SV were due mainly to a reduced demand of oxygen transport and expected changes in sympatho-adrenergic tone rather than to myocardial depression.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, Inhalation*
  • Animals
  • Bradykinin / pharmacology
  • Cats
  • Female
  • Male
  • Nitrous Oxide / pharmacology*
  • Nociceptors / drug effects*
  • Spinal Cord / drug effects*
  • Spinal Cord / physiology

Substances

  • Nitrous Oxide
  • Bradykinin