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Isoflurane impaired memory

Posted by bechara on 17 Feb 2012 at 13:51 GMT

Saab [35] found that in adult mice exposed to 1.3% isoflurane for 1 h, contextual fear memory persisted for 24 hours after isoflurane exposure.
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0027632#article1.body1.sec3.p7

The sentence should read: Saab [35] found that in adult mice exposed to 1.3% isoflurane for 1 h, '"a GABA(A)alpha5-dependent impairment in"' contextual fear memory persisted for 24 hours after isoflurane exposure.

Competing interests declared: I am lead author on the cited paper.