Nobuya Sasaki

Faster immobilization and recovery with remimazolam compared to midazolam in medetomidine–butorphanol balanced anesthesia in male Sprague–Dawley rats: a randomized crossover study

Abstract Background Balanced injectable anesthesia combining an α2-adrenoceptor agonist, a benzodiazepine, and an opioid is widely used in laboratory rodents because it provides sedation, muscle relaxation, and analgesia through complementary pharmacological mechanisms. In Japan,...