The Veterinary record
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The Veterinary record · Jun 1996
Clinical TrialSufentanil and nitrous oxide anaesthesia for the recording of transcranial magnetic motor evoked potentials in dogs.
Transcranial magnetic motor evoked potentials were recorded from the extensor carpi radialis muscle of the forelimbs and from the cranial tibial muscle of the hindlimbs of anaesthetised dogs. The dogs were premedicated with droperidol and fentanyl and a light plane of anaesthesia was induced and maintained with sufentanil and nitrous oxide. ⋯ However, the potentials could be recorded reliably in all the dogs and with very good reproducibility. This narcotic anaesthesia also allowed sensory evoked potentials to be recorded reliably.