Effects of propofol on macrescopic sodium currents in rat sympathetic neurons / 中华麻醉学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effects of propofol on the whole-cell sodium currents in rat sympathetic neurons in order to investigate the mechanisms of propofol-mediated peripheral vasodilation.Methods Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings were made from enzymatically isolated rat superior cervical sympathetic neurons.Results Propofol dose-dependently blocked the whole-cell sodium currents evoked by a voltage step from a holding potential of -- 80mV to 0mV with a mean IC50 value of 32. 19?mol/L (r = 0. 982, P