Propofol reduces spinal motor neuron excitability in humans.

Kakinohana, Manabu; Fuchigami, Tatsuya; Nakamura, Seiya; Kawabata, Tetsuya; Sugahara, Kazuhiro · Anesth Analg · 2002

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

We investigated in humans whether changes in spinal motor neuron excitability correlate with the predicted propofol concentration (Cpt) achieved by a target-controlled infusion system. Propofol suppressed F-wave persistence in a Cpt-dependent manner, indicating that propofol depresses spinal motor neuron excitability at clinically relevant concentrations.

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