Differences in thermal responses of cat trigeminal ganglion 'cold' receptors under urethane and pentobarbital anesthetization.
Cutaneous thermoreceptors recorded from the trigeminal ganglion of cats anesthetized with urethane showed a significant reduction in thermal sensitivity when compared with neuronal responses obtained from sodium pentobarbital-anesthetized cats. The results of this study indicate that a detailed analysis of primary afferent thermoreceptor response characteristics should consider the anesthesia employed.
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004594:Electrophysiology; D010424:Pentobarbital; D013823:Thermoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D012668:Trigeminal Ganglion / Q000502:physiology*; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D014520:Urethane
D014520:Urethane; D010424:Pentobarbital