Medetomidine
"Medetomidine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An agonist of RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 that is used in veterinary medicine for its analgesic and sedative properties. It is the racemate of DEXMEDETOMIDINE.
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D020926
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.308.521
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| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medetomidine" by people in Profiles.
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Larsen RS, Sauther ML, Cuozzo FP. Evaluation of modified techniques for immobilization of wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). J Zoo Wildl Med. 2011 Dec; 42(4):623-33.
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Larsen RS, Moresco A, Sauther ML, Cuozzo FP. Field anesthesia of wild ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) using tiletamine-zolazepam, medetomidine, and butorphanol. J Zoo Wildl Med. 2011 Mar; 42(1):75-87.
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Eisenach JC, Shafer SL, Bucklin BA, Jackson C, Kallio A. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intraspinal dexmedetomidine in sheep. Anesthesiology. 1994 Jun; 80(6):1349-59.