One-time Exposure to General Anesthetics Alters Nociceptive Response and Nucleotide Hydrolysis in Infant Rats

Aims: The objective was to evaluate the single exposure of general a nesthetics with or without a surgical procedure at postnatal day 14 (P14) on nociceptive behavioral responses. Furthermore, we evaluated ectonucleotidase activities at P14 and P30. Place of Study:All experiments were performed at the Animal Experimentatio n Unit of Hospital de ClInicas de Porto Alegre. The Institutional Committee approved the OriginalResearch Article