Table 2.
Study characteristics.
| Category | Number of studies |
|---|---|
| Xenon exposure | |
| In vivo | 21 |
| In vitro | 46 |
| Both | 2 |
| In vitro studies | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 10 |
| Female | 0 |
| Both | 1 |
| Not identified | 12 |
| Age | |
| Young | 9 |
| Adult | 8 |
| Not specified | 6 |
| Species | |
| Rat | 20 |
| Mouse | 3 |
| Xenon administration | |
| Inhalational | 19 |
| Intravenous | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Outcome | |
| Protein quantification | 15 |
| mRNA quantification | 3 |
| Both | 3 |
| MAC | 1 |
| Membrane transport | 1 |
| In vitro studies | |
| Cell/tissue model | |
| Cultured cell | 31 |
| Tissue slice | 13 |
| Both | 2 |
| Single bouton | 2 |
| Outcome | |
| Membrane transport | 39 |
| Injury quantification | 5 |
| Protein quantification | 1 |
| Multiple | 3 |