title: The effect of several different anaesthetics on the blood pressure and heart rate of the mouse and on the radiation response of the mouse sarcoma RIF-1.
abstract: Several anaesthetics were tested with mice to study: (a) their ability to immobilize the animal; (b) their effect on blood pressure and heart rate; and (c) their effect on the response to X-irradiation of the mouse sarcoma RIF-1. All anaesthetics which produced adequate immobilization also caused a fall in blood pressure and some radioprotection of tumour cells. Physical restraint of the tumour-bearing leg of an unanaesthetized mouse also caused radioprotection of the tumour cells.
mesh_terms: D000777:Anesthetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D007103:Immobilization; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D011835:Radiation Protection; D012513:Sarcoma, Experimental / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics