Genetic effects in Drosophila on the potency of diverse general anesthetics: a distinctive pattern of altered sensitivity.

ABSTRACT: Mutations that influence the sensitivity of an organism to a volatile general anesthetic can be divided into two classes. In one, sensitivity to all other volatile agents is affected to a similar degree. Although this class may contain mutations of interest for understanding anesthesia, it is also likely to contain mutations that merely alter general health. In the second class, mutations confer non-uniform effects on potency (NEP), i.e., larger effects for some volatile anesthetics than for others. Members of this class are of special interest for studies of arousal and its pharmacological suppression because they not only avoid the pitfall of effects on global health, but also imply the existence of drug targets that are preferentially affected by particular agents. In this work, we prov

SUBMITTER: Campbell JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2891655 | biostudies-literature | 2009

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature