GABA-mimetic action of etomidate
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- DOI: 10.1007/BF01981448
GABA-mimetic action of etomidate
Abstract
A comparison of antagonism by bicuculline or strychnine of the effects of GABA or etomidate on rat isolated superior cervical ganglia, frog isolated hemisected spinal cords and rat central neurones in vivo indicates that etomidate has GABA-mimetic actions.
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