In vivo comparison of anesthetics.

<p>(<b>A</b>) represents the maximum BLI intensity obtained from the same mice anesthetized with isoflurane or the test anesthetic mentioned below the curve. Values were normalized to isoflurane signal intensities. (<b>B</b>) shows a scatter plot of the time to the peak signal intensity for the different anesthetics. Each data point represents a unique bioluminescent acquisition from the in vivo comparison of anesthetics study. Lines indicate the mean. There was a significantly later peak for ketamine/medetomidine and isoflurane as compared to avertin, pentobarbital and unanesthetized animals. <i>** p<0.01 between indicated conditions</i>; <i>‡ p<0.05 compared to both isoflurane and ketamine/medetomidine</i>.