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. 2011 Dec 20;21(24):R985-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.012.

Anesthetic mechanisms: worms light the way

Roderic G Eckenhoff  1
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Anesthetic mechanisms: worms light the way

Roderic G Eckenhoff. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

In the nematode C. elegans, immobility induced by the anesthetic halothane is coupled to its ability to modulate neuronal resting membrane potential, perhaps through effects on leak channels; a similar anesthetic, isoflurane, appears to work a different way.

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